reskin
verb, noun
reskin is a verb meaning “To replace or repair the skin of a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc., especially so as to market the same car under different brands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-K-I-N, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reskin mean?
verb
- 1
To replace or repair the skin of a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc., especially so as to market the same car under different brands
- 2
To change the skin, or visual appearance, of an application or a video game character etc.
noun
- 1
Something that uses the exact same model as something else, but has superficial differences such as textures.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reskin
- reskins present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- reskinning participle, present
- reskinned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reskin?
Reskin appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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).
Reskin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | reempellejar, reempellicar, repiel, repellejo |
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 reskin come from?
From re- + skin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).