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7-letter words (2 found)

DERNIER,NERDIER,

6-letter words (5 found)

DENIER,NEREID,REINED,RENDER,RENIED,

5-letter words (12 found)

DIENE,DINER,DIRER,DREER,DRERE,DRIER,EIDER,ENDER,ERNED,ERRED,REIRD,RIDER,

4-letter words (27 found)

DEEN,DEER,DENE,DENI,DERE,DERN,DINE,DIRE,DREE,EIDE,EINE,ERED,ERNE,IDEE,IRED,NEED,NERD,NIDE,NIED,REDE,REED,REEN,REIN,REND,RIDE,RIND,RINE,

3-letter words (23 found)

DEE,DEI,DEN,DIE,DIN,EEN,END,ENE,ERE,ERN,ERR,IDE,IRE,NED,NEE,NID,NIE,RED,REE,REI,REN,RID,RIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,EN,ER,ID,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from dernier according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dernier

dernier

Etymology

Borrowed from French dernier, a contraction of derrenier, from Old French derrain (final, last) (by analogy with premier), from Vulgar Latin *dēretrānus, from Latin (from, away from) + retrō (back; backwards; behind) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəːnjeɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɚnjeɪ/
  • Hyphenation: der‧nier

Adjective

dernier (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Final, last.

Usage notes

The word often appears in the term dernier resort or (in French) dernier ressort (literally “last resort”), meaning the final court or authority to which a legal matter can be appealed.

Related terms

  • darrein
  • dernier cri

Translations

Anagrams

  • Ridener, nerdier

French

Etymology

From a contraction of earlier derrenier, a derivation of Old French derrain (through analogy with premier), itself derived from Vulgar Latin *dēretrānus, from Latin + retrō + -ānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛʁ.nje/, (in liaison) /dɛʁ.njɛ.ʁ‿/, /dɛʁ.nje.ʁ‿/

Adjective

dernier (feminine dernière, masculine plural derniers, feminine plural dernières)

  1. last
  2. latest (most recent)
  3. latter

Antonyms

  • premier

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “dernier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org