resell
/ɹiːˈsɛl/verb
resell is a verb meaning “To sell again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-E-L-L and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does resell mean?
verb
- 1
To sell again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce resell?
- /ɹiːˈsɛl/
Resell 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-resell.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of resell
- resells present, singular, he/she/it
- reselling participle, present
- resold participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is resell?
Resell appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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).
Resell in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense To sell again:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | revendre |
| German | wiederverkaufen, weiterverkaufen |
| Portuguese | revender |
| Spanish | revender |
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 resell come from?
From re- + sell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).