Reverse

"Reverse" in French

inverse

(having the order of its constituents moved backwards)

contraire

(opposite of something — see also opposite)

côté pile

(side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse)

envers

(side of something facing away; opposite of front)

marche arrière

(gear)

recul

(reversal)

revers

(setback, misfortune)

revers

(side of something facing away; opposite of front)

reculer

(to cause a mechanism or vehicle to operate or move in the opposite directions)

renverser

(to turn something around)

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