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.

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