redent
French, noun/ʁə.dɑ̃/
redent is spelled R-E-D-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Redent is a French masculine noun meaning “recess, indentation, shelf, projection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Décrochement venant briser la continuité d’un profil”.
What does redent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerecess, indentation, shelf, projection
- 2
masculineredan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Décrochement venant briser la continuité d’un profil. 2. ressauts que forme le sommet d'un mur devant épouser le profil d'un terrain en pente. 3. Décrochement aménagé sur la coque d'un canot ou d'un hydravion, qui permet de faciliter le déjaugeage à grande vitesse. 4. Partie saillante d’une construction.
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 redent
- redents plural
- redan
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce redent?
- /ʁə.dɑ̃/
- \ʁə.dɑ̃\
- [ʁə.dɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is redent in French?
redent appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).