rewild
/ˌriˈwaɪld/verb
rewild is a verb meaning “To return an area to a more wild state, especially to repopulate it with wild animals that have become extirpated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-W-I-L-D, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rewild mean?
verb
- 1
To return an area to a more wild state, especially to repopulate it with wild animals that have become extirpated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rewild?
- /ˌriˈwaɪld/
- /ˈriˈwaɪld/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-rewild.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rewild
- rewilds present, singular, he/she/it
- rewilding participle, present
- rewilded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rewild?
Rewild appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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).
Rewild in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to return an area to a wilder state:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réensauvager |
| Spanish | resilvestrar, asilvestrar |
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 rewild come from?
From re- + wild.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).