référé
French, verb
référé is spelled R-É-F-É-R-É (6 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Référé is a French verb meaning “past participle of référer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, réfère is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does référé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of référer
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. Recours au juge qui, dans les cas d’urgence, prend une décision provisoire.
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 référé
- référée feminine
- référés masculine plural
- référées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is référé in French?
référé appears 4.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).