réexamen
French, noun\ʁe.ɛɡ.za.mɛ̃\
réexamen is spelled R-É-E-X-A-M-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Réexamen is a French masculine noun meaning “reconsideration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de réexaminer, en vue de modifier ou confirmer la décision prise après un précédent examen”.
What does réexamen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereconsideration
- 2
masculinereappraisal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de réexaminer, en vue de modifier ou confirmer la décision prise après un précédent examen. 2. Nouvelle vérification de la correcte application des procédures de contrôle.
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 réexamen
- réexamens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réexamen?
- \ʁe.ɛɡ.za.mɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is réexamen in French?
réexamen appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).