rebiffé
French, verb
rebiffé is spelled R-E-B-I-F-F-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rebiffé is a French verb meaning “past participle of rebiffer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, rebiffe is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does rebiffé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of rebiffer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Révolte, rébellion, refus de se soumettre. 2. Réponse à une agression, vengeance, représailles.
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 rebiffé
- rebiffée feminine
- rebiffés masculine plural
- rebiffées feminine plural
- rebiffes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is rebiffé in French?
rebiffé appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).