réa
French, noun/ʁe.a/
réa is spelled R-É-A (3 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Réa is a French feminine noun meaning “intensive care” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roue dotée d’une gorge constituant la partie mobile d'une poulie. Tous les corps de métier ayant besoin de…”.
What does réa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalintensive care
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roue dotée d’une gorge constituant la partie mobile d'une poulie. Tous les corps de métier ayant besoin de soulever de lourdes charges utilisent des poulies à multiples réas pour la réalisation de palans. Chacun des réas tourne librement.
noun: 1. Réanimation. 2. Service de réanimation.
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 réa
- réas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réa?
- /ʁe.a/
- \ʁe.a\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to réa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is réa in French?
réa appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).