Definitions For Dernier

Adjective

(not comparable) (dated) final#adjective, final, last#adjective, last.

Usage notes

The word often appears in the term dernier resort or (in French) dernier ressort#noun 2, ressort (literally “last resort”), meaning the final court or authority to which a legal matter can be appeal#verb, appealed.

Related terms

darrein dernier cri

Translations

final, last, final, last

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, fr, dernier}}, a {{glossary, contraction}} of derrenier, from {{der, en, fro, derrain, , final, last}} (by analogy with premier), from {{der, en, VL., *dēretrānus}}, from {{der, en, la, dē, , from, away from}} + retrō, , back; backwards; behind + -ānus, , suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’.