rebours
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *rebursus, alteration of reburrus (“with bristing hair”) by analogy with reversus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.buʁ/
Adjective
rebours (feminine rebourse, masculine plural rebours, feminine plural rebourses)
- (archaic) churlish, disagreeable
Noun
rebours m (plural rebours)
- (archaic except in set phrases) opposite, reverse
Derived terms
- à rebours
Further reading
- “rebours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.