dessous
See also: Dessous
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dē (“from”) + subtus (“beneath”), corresponding to de (“from”) + sous (“beneath”) in French. Compare Italian di sotto, Romanian dedesubt.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
dessous
Noun edit
dessous m (plural dessous)
- underside; bottom
- Antonym: dessus
- disadvantage
- Antonym: dessus
- (in the plural) (women's) underwear
- Elle a osé montrer ses dessous en plein air.
- She dared show her undies out in the open.
- (in the plural) hidden agenda
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Derived terms
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Preposition edit
dessous
Further reading edit
- “dessous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French dessous.
Noun edit
dessous n (plural dessous-uri)
- women's underwear
Declension edit
Declension of dessous
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) dessous | dessousul | (niște) dessous-uri | dessous-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) dessous | dessousului | (unor) dessous-uri | dessous-urilor |
vocative | dessousule | dessous-urilor |