à rebours
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- backwards, the wrong way; against the grain
Derived terms
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[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French à rebours.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]à rebours (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (literary, postpositive) backward (in the direction reverse of normal)
- Synonym: odwrotny
- Krytycy pisali, że opowieść Wylera to historia Kopciuszka, tyle że à rebours. ― The critics have written that Wyler's tale is a Cinderella story but with the roles reversed.
Adverb
[edit]à rebours (not comparable)
- (literary, postpositive) against the grain, backwards, the wrong way (in the opposite way to what is usually done)
- Synonyms: na odwrót, na opak, na wspak, odwrotnie
- Nasz projekt to zabawa koncepcją pawilonu narodowego. Bierzemy z Polski sztandarowe budynki, ale pokazujemy je à rebours. ― Our project is a play on the concept of the national pavilion. We take flagship buildings from Poland but present them against the grain.
Further reading
[edit]- à rebours I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- à rebours II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- à rebours in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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