derriere

Body's rear end

Derriere is a mildly humorous or delicate way of saying buttocks, borrowed from French.

It sounds more refined than "butt" or "ass" but playful enough to signal the speaker knows they're being coy: She landed right on her derriere.

The word appears in fashion contexts discussing how clothing fits the backside.

synonyms

buttocks

Fleshy seat area

behind · rump · seat · buns · cheeks · tush · booty · fanny · hindquarters · haunches

shapeliness

curvy

Having smooth bends

plump · ample · bootylicious · Rubenesque · zaftig · full-figured · curvaceous · bodacious · bubble · peach

anatomy

gluteus

Buttock muscle

sacrum · coccyx · tailbone · ischium · hipbone · iliac · femur · lumbar · muscles · tendons

Categories
Opposites
body position front-back

derrierefront

Forward-facing side

groin · pubic area · crotch · genitals · lap

Family

derrieres

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG