reattachment
noun
reattachment is a noun meaning “The act of reattaching; a second or subsequent attachment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-A-T-T-A-C-H-M-E-N-T, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of reattachment is reattachments.
What does reattachment mean?
noun
- 1
The act of reattaching; a second or subsequent attachment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reattachment
- reattachments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reattachment?
Reattachment appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Reattachment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of reattaching; a second or subsequent attachment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | recollement |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does reattachment come from?
From re- + attachment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).