dessous
See also: Dessous
French
Etymology
From Latin dē (“from”) + subtus (“beneath”), corresponding to de (“from”) + sous (“beneath”) in French. Compare Italian di sotto, Romanian dedesubt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.su/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -u
Adverb
dessous
- underneath; beneath
Noun
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
Derived terms
Derived terms
- au-dessous
- bras dessus, bras dessous
- ci-dessous
- dessous de bras
- dessous de verre
- en dessous
- en dessous de tout
- par-dessous
- sens dessus dessous
Related terms
- sous
Preposition
dessous
- under; beneath
Further reading
- “dessous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French dessous.
Noun
dessous n (plural dessous-uri)
- women's underwear
Declension
Declension of dessous
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||