re-être
French, verb/ʁə.ɛtʁ/
re-être is spelled R-E-Ê-T-R-E (6 letters). Re-être is a French verb meaning “to re-be, to be another time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être de nouveau”.
What does re-être mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto re-be, to be another time
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être de nouveau.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of re-être
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- re-étant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- re-été participle past
- re-suis first-person indicative present
- re-es indicative present second-person
- re-est indicative present singular
- re-sommes first-person indicative plural
- re-êtes indicative plural present
- re-sont indicative plural present
- re-étais first-person imperfect indicative
- re-était imperfect indicative singular
- re-étions first-person imperfect indicative
- re-étiez imperfect indicative plural
- re-étaient imperfect indicative plural
- re-fus first-person historic indicative
- re-fut historic indicative past
- re-fûmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce re-être?
- /ʁə.ɛtʁ/
- \ʁə.ɛtʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.