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 , a of derrenier, from (by analogy with premier), from , from + retrō, , back; backwards; behind + -ānus, , suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’.

Anagrams

nerdier

Is Dernier a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES

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Scrabble UK YES

English International (SOWPODS) YES

Scrabble Global YES

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Scrabble

8

Words with Friends

9

The word Dernier is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

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