reflate
/ɹiˈfleɪt/verb
reflate is a verb meaning “To reinflate, to inflate again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-L-A-T-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 76 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reflate mean?
verb
- 1
To reinflate, to inflate again.
- 2
To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reflate?
- UK /ɹiːˈfleɪt/
- UK /ɹɪˈfleɪt/
- US /ɹiˈfleɪt/
Reflate has 2 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).
Forms of reflate
- reflates present, singular, he/she/it
- reflating participle, present
- reflated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reflate?
Reflate appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th 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).
Where does reflate come from?
From re- + (in)flate, on the basis of deflate. Equivalent to Latin re- + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).