English

Adjective

dernier ‎(comparative more dernier, superlative most dernier)

1. last
   • 1906,, William Jennings Bryan, editor, The World's Famous Orations, volume 6: Ireland, page 90:

     ...the meek-tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar.

French

Etymology

From a contraction of earlier derrenier, a derivation of Old French derrain (through analogy with premier), itself derived from a Vulgar Latin *deretranus, from deretro < Latin de retro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛʁ.nje/

Adjective

dernier m ‎(feminine singular dernière, masculine plural derniers, feminine plural dernières)

1. last
2. latest (most recent)
3. latter

Antonyms

• premier