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dernier mot m (usually uncountable, plural derniers mots)
- last word (the final statement uttered by a person before death)
- ne pas avoir dit son dernier mot ― not to have given up, to still be in the game
- Synonym: dernières paroles
- last word (concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation)
- last word (a final offer or demand, as in an ultimatum)
- 1724 William Wynne: The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins, Judge of the High-Court of Admiralty
. . . Thirdly, That they, the Dutch, 5 or 6 Weeks after they had received these Letters, (of 12th of July) call’d for an Ultimatum, so they termed the dernier mot, from us; and that we gave our Ultimatum to the Mediators first by Word of Mouth in August, then on the 5th of September, N. S. in writing.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- last word (a final decision or remark, or the right to make one)
- avoir le dernier mot ― to have the last word
- Synonym: mot de la fin