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regagner ses pénates

French, verb/ʁə.ɡa.ɲe se pe.nat/

regagner ses pénates is a French verb meaning “to go home (to return to one's house)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retourner chez soi”.

What does regagner ses pénates mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to go home (to return to one's house)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Retourner chez soi.

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.

How do you pronounce regagner ses pénates?

  • /ʁə.ɡa.ɲe se pe.nat/
  • /ʁə.ɡɑ.ɲe se pe.nat/
  • \ʁə.ɡa.ɲe se pe.nat\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.