rebiffer
French, verb/ʁə.bi.fe/
rebiffer is spelled R-E-B-I-F-F-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rebiffer is a French verb meaning “to rebel, revolt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se refuser à quelque chose avec brusquerie”.
What does rebiffer mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto rebel, revolt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se refuser à quelque chose avec brusquerie. 2. Regimber contre quelqu’un, refuser de lui obéir.
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 rebiffer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rebiffant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rebiffé participle past
- rebiffe first-person indicative present
- rebiffes indicative present second-person
- rebiffons first-person indicative plural
- rebiffez indicative plural present
- rebiffent indicative plural present
- rebiffais first-person imperfect indicative
- rebiffait imperfect indicative singular
- rebiffions first-person imperfect indicative
- rebiffiez imperfect indicative plural
- rebiffaient imperfect indicative plural
- rebiffai first-person historic indicative
- rebiffas historic indicative past
- rebiffa historic indicative past
- rebiffâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rebiffer?
- /ʁə.bi.fe/
- \ʁə.bi.fe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rebiffer in French?
rebiffer appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).