en arrière
English
editPhrase
edit- (heraldry, chiefly of an insect) With its back to the viewer.
- Synonyms: recursant, terg(i)ant
- 1790, Anthony Wood, The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the university of Oxford, page 256:
- Argent, a Bend between six Bees en Arrière Sable : BEESTON.
- 1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others, page 225:
- […] a chevron between two boars ' heads erased in chief and a bee volant en arrière in base all counterchanged.
- 1925, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, page 261:
- The arms of Bassano (really of foreign origin and not an English coat) are : “ Per chevron vert and argent, in chief three silkworm flies palewise en arrière, and in base a mulberry branch all counterchanged.
French
editPronunciation
editAdverb
edit- backward
- Antonym: en avant
- revenir en arrière ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- behind
- Near-synonym: derrière
- rester en arrière ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
edit- Portuguese: anarriê