remise
/ɹɪˈmaɪz/verb, noun
remise is a verb meaning “To send or give back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-M-I-S-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does remise mean?
verb
- 1
To send or give back.
- 2
To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed; to quitclaim.
noun
- 1
A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
- 2
obsoleteA hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.
- 3
A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
- 4
The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
- 5
obsoleteA return or surrender of a claim, property etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce remise?
- UK /ɹɪˈmʌɪz/
- US /ɹɪˈmaɪz/
Remise has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-remise.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of remise
- remises present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- remising participle, present
- remised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is remise?
Remise appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 remise come from?
From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).