reprise
/ɹɪˈpɹiːz/noun, verb
reprise is spelled R-E-P-R-I-S-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reprise means “A recurrence or resumption of an action” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reprise is reprises.
How many letters and syllables are in reprise?
| Letters | 7: R-E-P-R-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 reprise?
Reprise appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 reprise?
- /ɹɪˈpɹiːz/
- /ɹɪˈpɹaɪz/
Reprise 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reprise.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reprise2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with reprise?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as reprise.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: respire.
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 reprise
- reprises plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- reprising participle, present
- reprised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reprise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A recurrence or resumption of an action.
- 2
A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.
- 3
A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.
- 4
A taking by way of retaliation.
- 5
Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.
- 6
A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
- 7
In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo take (something) up or on again.
- 2
To repeat or resume an action or a role.
The aging actress played the role she played in her youth, as if to reprise it.
- 3
obsoleteTo recompense; to pay.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reprise in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 reprise come from?
From Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprendre. In some senses borrowed anew from Modern French reprise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).