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reprint

re·print/ˈɹiːpɹɪnt/noun, verb

reprint is spelled R-E-P-R-I-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (re·print). It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reprint means “A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reprint is reprints.

How many letters and syllables are in reprint?

Letters7: R-E-P-R-I-N-T
Syllables2: re·print
In writing2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is reprint?

Reprint appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd 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).

How do you pronounce reprint?

  • /ˈɹiːpɹɪnt/
  • /ɹiːˈpɹɪnt/

Reprint has 2 syllables, split re·print in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reprint_(noun).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reprint_(verb).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with reprint

Also written: re-print (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with reprint?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as reprint.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: printer.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of reprint

  • reprints plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • re-print
  • reprinting participle, present
  • reprinted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does reprint mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again.

    The reprint is much less expensive than a first edition.

verb

  1. 1

    To print (something) that has been published in print before.

    The novel was printed with an appendix.

  2. 2

    To renew the impression of.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate reprint?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of reprint: repr..

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Reprint in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanNeuauflage, Neudruck, Nachdruck (printed matter that has been published before…), neu auflegen, neu drucken, nachdrucken (print something that has been published in…)
Portuguesereimpressão (printed matter that has been published before…)
Spanishreimpresión (printed matter that has been published before…), reimprimir (print something that has been published in…)
Frenchréimprimer (renew the impression of)

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 reprint come from?

From re- + print (verb).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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