refinish
verb
refinish is a verb meaning “To finish again; especially, to apply a fresh finish, as a new coat of varnish or paint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-I-N-I-S-H and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does refinish mean?
verb
- 1
To finish again; especially, to apply a fresh finish, as a new coat of varnish or paint.
She refinished the old table.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce refinish?
- US
Refinish has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-refinish.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of refinish
- refinishes present, singular, he/she/it
- refinishing participle, present
- refinished participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is refinish?
Refinish appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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).
Refinish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to finish again:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | nacharbeiten |
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 refinish come from?
From re- + finish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).