arrière-garde

English

Etymology

French arrière-garde

Noun

arrière-garde (plural arrière-gardes)

1. (obsolete) The rearguard of an army or other force.

   Antonym: avant-garde

2. Any group of people who favour older, traditional approaches over the modern or avant-garde.

   Antonym: avant-garde

Translations

rearguard

• Bulgarian: ариергарден (ariergarden), ариергард (ariergard)
• French: arrière-garde (fr) f
• Greek: οπισθοφυλακή (el) f (opisthofylakí)
• Polish: ariergarda (pl) f

group of people who favour older, traditional approaches

• Polish: ariergarda (pl) f

French

Etymology

From arrière- +‎ garde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁjɛʁ.ɡaʁd/

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Noun

arrière-garde f (plural arrière-gardes)

1. (military) rearguard

Descendants

• → Russian: арьергард (arʹjergard)
  • → Georgian: არიერგარდი (ariergardi)

Further reading

• “arrière-garde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.