Back

"Back" in French

de derrière

(near the rear)

postérieur

(near the rear)

postérieur

(phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth)

écarté

(away from the main area)

de retour

(to or in a previous condition or place)

arrière

(a position behind most players on the team)

derrière

(the reverse side)

dos

(the rear of body)

fin

(the part of something that goes last)

fond

(that which is farthest away from the front)

revers

(the reverse side)

faire marche arrière

(to go in the reverse direction)

reculer

(to go in the reverse direction)

soutenir

(to support)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.