French–English dictionary

rendre superflu

(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.

rendre visite

(idiomatic) To visit.

rendu

(computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.

rené

(Christianity) Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.

Renée

A en given name.

renégat

An outlaw or rebel.

renégate

An outlaw or rebel.

renégocier

(transitive) To negotiate new terms to replace old ones.

renfermer

(idiomatic) To keep suppressed and hidden.

renforcé

Having been or containing reinforcement.

renforcer

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

renforts

(in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.

rengainer

(transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.

reniement

A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.

renier

(transitive) To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.

reniflement

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

renifler

(ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.

renne

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

renom

Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.

renommé

Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.

renommée

Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.

renommer

(transitive) To give a new name to.

renoncer

(figurative) Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.

renoncer à

(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

renonciation

The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.

renoncule

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.

renouvèlement

The act of renewing.

renouveler

(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

renouvellement

The act of renewing.

rénovation

An act, or the process, of renovating.

rénover

To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.

renseignement

Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]

renseignements

(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

renseigner

(transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.

rentable

Returning a benefit that justifies the initial investment; economical.

rente

(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.

rentrer

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ home. To return to one's house.

renversé

(intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.

renversement

(grammar) Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations.

renverser

(transitive) To stun; to surprise.

renvoi

A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.

renvoyer

(transitive) To order to leave.

réorganiser

(transitive) To change the order or arrangement of (one or more items).

réorienter

(transitive) To give new direction to, change the direction of.

réouverture

the act of opening something again

REP

Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).

repaire

(figurative) A second home, etc., where one can seek an escape or refuge from the stresses of everyday life.

repaitre

(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.

répandre

(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

répandu

(idiomatic) Pertaining to all categories or things.

réparable

Able to be repaired.

reparaître

To appear again.

réparation

(theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

réparer

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

repartie

A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.

répartir

(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.

répartiteur

One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.

répartition

(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.

répartitrice

One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.

repas

(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

repassage

The act of pressing clothes with an iron#Noun, such as a steam iron.

repasser

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

repêchage

(sports, American English) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.

repeindre

To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.

repenser

To think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it.

repentance

The condition of being repentant, penitent.

repentant

Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.

repenti

Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.

repentir

(art, literature) The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially (painting) an image which has been painted over but is still detectable.

répercussion

A consequence or ensuing result of some action.

répercussions

A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.

repère

A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

repérer

(transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

répertoire

A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

répété

Having been said or done again.

répéter

(ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.

répétitif

Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.

répétition

The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.

répit

A brief interval of rest or relief.

replet

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

repliable

Designed to fold

réplication

(biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.

replier

(intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.

réplique

(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").

réplique culte

A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.

répliquer

To make a copy (replica) of.

répondeur

(telephony) A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.

répondre

(ambitransitive) To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back.

réponse

A solution to a problem.

reportage

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).

reporté

Done later than originally planned; delayed.

reporter

(intransitive) To delay, to wait.

repos

Disregard the previous partial command or order and return to the most recent formal command or order.

reposant

Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.

repose-pied

A support on which to rest the feet.

repose-tête

The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.

reposer

(Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.

repositoire

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

reposoir

(snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.

repoussant

Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to put off.

repousser

(idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave

répréhensible

Arousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive.

répréhension

the act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand

reprendre

(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.

reprendre son souffle

(intransitive, now, rare) To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.

représailles

An act of retaliation.

représentant

A mediator between a buyer and seller.

représentante

One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. [from 17th c.]

représentatif

Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.

représentation

(countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.

représenter

(transitive) To constitute in amount or portion.

represser

To press again.

répresseur

Anything that represses.

répressif

Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

réprimande

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

réprimander

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.

réprimer

(figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of

reprise

(music) A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.

repriser

(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

reprobation

(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.

reproche

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

reprocher

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

reproducteur

Of or relating to reproduction.

reproductible

(of a measurement, experiment etc) Capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.

reproductif

Of or relating to reproduction.

reprogrammer

(transitive) To schedule again or at a different time.

réprouver

To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

reps

(textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. [from 19th c.]

reptation

(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.

reptile

(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]

républicain

(US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.

républicaine

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

république bananière

(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

répudiation

The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.

répudier

(transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.

répugnance

Unwillingness to do something.

répugnant

Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.]

répulsion

(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]

réputation

The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.

réputé

Having exceptional merit.

requérir

(transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.

requête

(computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.

requin

(sports, and, games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

requis

obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

réquisition

That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.

réquisitionner

(transitive) To seize for military use.

reremplir

To fill up once again.

rescapé

The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.

rescapée

One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.

rescousse

An act or episode of rescuing, saving.