| Principales traductions |
| rear adj | (at the back) (patte, porte d'une voiture) | arrière adj inv |
| | (porte d'une maison, fenêtre,…) | de derrière loc adj |
| | Peter put his shopping bags on the rear seat of the car. |
| | Peter a mis ses sacs de course sur le siège arrière de la voiture. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Je repeins la porte de derrière. |
| rear n | (section in back) | arrière nm |
| | The rear of the room was piled high with chairs. |
| | L'arrière de la salle était encombrée de chaises empilées. |
| rear n | (area behind) | arrière nm |
| | Tom and Linda have a woodpile at the rear of their house. |
| | Tom et Linda ont une pile de bûches à l'arrière de leur maison. |
| rear [sb]⇒ vtr | (raise children) (des enfants) | élever⇒ vtr |
| | Chris and Margaret reared their kids to respect others. |
| | Chris et Margaret ont élevé leurs enfants dans le respect des autres. |
| rear [sth]⇒ vtr | (raise animals) (des animaux) | élever⇒ vtr |
| | Jack rears cattle on his farm. |
| | Jack élève du bétail dans sa ferme. |
Formes composées
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| at the rear adv | (at the back) | à l'arrière adv |
| | My friends and I like to sit at the rear of the bus. |
| | Mes amis et moi aimons nous asseoir à l'arrière du bus. |
| bring up the rear v expr | (follow) | fermer la marche loc v |
| | I'll blaze a trail through the jungle. You bring up the rear. |
| | Je vais ouvrir la voie dans la jungle. Vous fermez la marche. |
| in the rear expr | (at the back) | à l'arrière loc adv |
| | | derrière adv |
| | While Bunty and I galloped ahead, Sarah trotted along in the rear. |
| in the rear adv | (in a vehicle's rear seats) (d'une voiture, d'un bus,...) | à l'arrière loc adv |
| | (d'un bus,...) | au fond loc adv |
| | Bill sat in the passenger seat while Sally and I sat in the rear. |
rack,
bike rack,
rear bike rack,
pannier rack n | (fixture on bicycle) (d'un vélo) | porte-bagages nm inv |
rear admiral,
Rear Admiral n | (navy officer) | contre-amiral nm |
| Note: Capitalized when used as a title in direct address |
| rear area n | (part at the back) | partie arrière nf |
| | | arrière, fond nm |
| | The seats in the rear area are safer because airplanes never back into mountains. |
| | Les sièges dans la partie arrière sont plus sûrs car les avions ne reculent jamais dans des montagnes. |
| rear end n | (back portion) | arrière nm |
| | The rear end of the bus was crumpled after the accident. |
| | L'arrière du bus était embouti après l'accident. |
| rear end n | informal (buttocks) | derrière nm |
| | | fesses nfpl |
| | I found a small space for my rear end among the spectators on the bench. |
| rear-end [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (crash into) | emboutir l'arrière de [qch] loc v |
| | A station wagon rear-ended me as I was waiting at the lights. |
rear its head,
rear its ugly head v expr | figurative (issue, problem: arise) (familier) | pointer le bout de son nez loc v |
| | | revenir⇒, ressurgir⇒ vi |
| | When Rick and Daisy argue, the issue of money often rears its head. |
| | Quand Rick et Daisy se disputent, le problème de l'argent pointe toujours le bout de son nez. |
| | Quand Rick et Daisy se disputent, le problème de l'argent revient toujours. |
| rear light n | (vehicle's tail or back light) | feu arrière nm |
| | I broke a rear light on my car when I was backing up and ran into a tree. |
| | J'ai cassé mon feu arrière droit en reculant dans un arbre. |
| rear seat n | (seating in the back of a vehicle) | siège arrière nm |
| | Children are safer in the rear seat of a car than in the front passenger seat. |
| rear up v expr | (horse: rise on hind legs) | se cabrer⇒ v pron |
| | The startled mare reared up, neighing. |
| rear view n | ([sth] as seen from behind) | vue arrière, vue de derrière nf |
| | From the front, the house was charming, but the rear view was hideous. |
| rear wiper n | (on vehicle) | essuie-glace arrière nm |
| | The rubber strip had worn off the rear wiper so that the metal part was scratching a groove in the glass. |
| | Le caoutchouc est parti de l'essuie-glace arrière, du coup la partie métallique a rayé la vitre. |
| rear-braking adj | (having a mechanism to stop back wheels) | avec frein arrière loc adj |
rearguard,
rear-guard,
rear guard adj | (backup) | de sauvegarde loc adj |
rearguard,
rear-guard,
rear guard adj | (defensive) | d'arrière-garde loc adj |
rearguard,
rear-guard,
rear guard n | (military) (Militaire) | arrière-garde nf |
| | The rearguard faced the greatest danger when the army was in retreat. |
| | L'arrière-garde était exposée au plus grand danger lorsque l'armée était en retraite. |
rearguard,
rear-guard,
rear guard n | figurative (conservative position) | réactionnaire nmf |
| | (familier) | réac nmf |
| | They accused their opponents of being in the rearguard of social change. |
| | Ils ont accusé leurs opposants de réactionnaires en matière de changement social. |
rearview mirror,
rear-view mirror,
driving mirror n | (vehicle: mirror showing view behind) | rétroviseur nm |
| | (familier) | rétro nm |
| | Good drivers regularly check their rearview mirrors to see what's happening behind them. |
| | Les bons conducteurs jettent souvent un coup d’œil dans leurs rétroviseurs pour voir ce qui se passe derrière. |
| to the rear adv | (towards the back) | vers le fond loc adv |
| | The photographer asked all the tall people to move to the rear of the group. Step to the rear! |
| | | vers l'arrière loc adv |
| | Le photographe demanda aux grands de se déplacer vers l'arrière du groupe. |
| | | au fond, à l'arrière loc adv |
| | | derrière adv |
| | Le photographe place les grands derrière et les petits devant. |