envers

Meaning

Noun

1. reverse
2. inverse
3. back
4. wrong side
5. other side
6. seamy side ("l'envers de la vie")
7. inside

Prep

1. in relation to
2. toward

Concepts

reverse

to

towards

toward

back

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bottom

underside

wrong side

at

reversal

for

reversing

flipside

downside

turn

underneath

underpart

undersurface

upside down

verso

reverse side

obverse

inside-out

opposite side

Synonyms

revers

verso

vers

à

à

dos

🔙

dossier

doublure

en

opposé

paume

pile

pour

semelle

sur

🔛

au

côté opposé

marche arrière

retournement

réversion

at

arrière

🔙

к

contraire

de

dessous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑ̃.vɛʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: inversus

In summary

Nominalisation of the Old French adjective envers, inherited from Latin inversus. Doublet of inverse.

Sentences

Est-ce envers le genre humain ?

Is it towards the human race?