dessus

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēsūrsum, from dē and sūrsum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /də.sy/
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(Louisiana) IPA^(key): /tsy/, /desyr/

Adverb

dessus

on
on top
upstairs
over
Il m’a craché dessus. ― he spat on me

Antonyms

dessous

Preposition

dessus

(dated) on, on top of
Synonym: (modern French) sur

Noun

dessus m (plural dessus)

upside; top side
the upper hand; advantage

Derived terms

Further reading

“dessus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

dusses

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