recommençant
French, noun\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɑ̃\
recommençant is spelled R-E-C-O-M-M-E-N-Ç-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recommençant is a French masculine noun meaning “returnee (person who left a religion, then returned)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of recommencer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui s’est éloignée de la religion et qui y revient”.
What does recommençant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereturnee (person who left a religion, then returned)
verb
- 1
present participle of recommencer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui recommence.
noun: 1. Personne qui s’est éloignée de la religion et qui y revient.
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 recommençant
- recommençants plural
- recommençante feminine
- recommençantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recommençant?
- \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recommençant in French?
recommençant appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).