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The French word for bottom is
derrière





bottom

Gender

The gender of derrière is masculine. E.g. le derrière.

Plural

The plural of derrière is derrières.

French Definition


bottom
     1. n. Fond, partie la plus basse d'un objet (y compris dans une perception abstraite de cette bassesse)
           Footers appear at the bottom of the pages.
           Le pied de page apparait en bas de la page.
           The bottom line.
           Le résultat final, le solde de tous comptes.
           Those files should go on the bottom shelf.
           Ces dossiers doivent aller dans les étagères du bas.
     2. n. Partie du bateau qui est immergée. Bateau.
     3. n. (Vulgaire) Arrière-train, derrière, cul, anus.
           Bottoms up!
           Cul sec !
           A sore bottom is better than broken bones.
           Un derrière douloureux est mieux que des os brisés.
     4. n. Homosexuel passif.
           I'm a bottom with someone taller than me and a top in the other cases.
           Je suis un passif avec quelqu'un de plus grand que moi et un actif dans les autres cas.
     5. n. (Par analogie) Soumis dans une relation sadomasochiste.
     6. n. (Phys) Quark bottom.
     7. n. (Baseball) Deuxième demi-manche.
     8. v. Atteindre le fond.
           The Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed on September 24, 2001 le Dow Jones a atteint son plus bas point le 24 septembre 2001.
     9. v. Fonder, soutenir.
           Moreover, the Supreme Court has held that the President must obey outstanding executive orders, even when bottomed on the Constitution, until they are revoked.
     10. v. Être soumis, dans une relation sadomasochiste.



Translations for bottom and their definitions

derrière
     1. prep. behind
           Va derrière moi. - Go behind me.
     2. prep. at the bottom of, behind (covertly responsible for)
           Je me demande qui est derrière tout ça. - I wonder who is at the bottom of all this.
     3. adv. behind
           Il était loin derrière. - He was far behind.
     4. n-m. rear of an object
     5. n-m. bottom, bum, backside


fond
     1. n-m. back
     2. n-m. bottom
     3. n-m. fund; funding
     4. n-m. foundation
     5. n-m. (figuratively) basics, essence
     6. n-m. background
     7. n-m. (cooking) base
     8. n-m. (music) foundation stop on a pipe organ
     9. v. third-person singular present indicative of fondre


arrière-train ©
     1. n-m. the rear of a train, or 4x4 vehicle
     2. n-m. hindquarters (of an animal)
     3. n-m. caboose, posterior, hindquarters (buttocks of a human)


bas
     1. adj. low
     2. adj. bass
     3. adv. low
     4. n-m. socks; stockings; feet
     5. n-m. lower end; bottom (of a thing)
     6. n-m. stocking


dessous
     1. adv. underneath; beneath
     2. n-m. underside; bottom
     3. n-m. disadvantage
     4. n-m. (in plural) (women's) underwear
           Elle a osé montrer ses dessous en plein air. - She dared show her undies out in the open.
     5. n-m. (in plural) hidden agenda
     6. prep. under; beneath


cul
     1. n-m. (anatomy) butt, bum, ass, arse
     2. n-m. (vulgar) anus; arsehole; asshole
     3. n-m. (figuratively) the bottom, rear (of an object)
     4. n-m. (informal) sex; sexual intercourse
           Le cul mène le monde. - Sex rules the world.
     5. n-m. (informal, France) good luck or fortune
           Ils ont du cul. - They are lucky.
     6. n-m. (France, slang) roach (butt of a marijuana cigarette)


popotin
     1. n-m. (colloquial) bum (UK), butt (US)



séant
     1. Participle. present participle of seoir
     2. adj. (heraldry) sejant
     3. adj. (obsolete) sitting (i.e. of a person in an assembly)
     4. adj. befitting (to), suitable
     5. n-m. (with personal pronoun) sitting position
     6. n-m. (colloquial) bottom; behind (of a person)


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