repot
verb
repot is a verb meaning “To move (a growing plant) from one pot to a larger one to allow for further growth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-P-O-T, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does repot mean?
verb
- 1
To move (a growing plant) from one pot to a larger one to allow for further growth.
- 2
To give (oneself) new challenges or environments as a means of personal growth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of repot
- repots present, singular, he/she/it
- repotting participle, present
- repotted participle, past
- re-pot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is repot?
Repot appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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).
Repot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense change a plant's pot:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rempoter |
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 repot come from?
From re- + pot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).