regimber
French, verb/ʁə.ʒɛ̃.be/
regimber is spelled R-E-G-I-M-B-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regimber is a French verb meaning “to jib (of a horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Refuser d’avancer en ruant, en parlant d’un cheval ou de toute monture, lorsqu’on les touche de l’éperon, de…”.
What does regimber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jib (of a horse)
- 2
to jib (to be reluctant to do something)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Refuser d’avancer en ruant, en parlant d’un cheval ou de toute monture, lorsqu’on les touche de l’éperon, de la houssine ou du fouet. 2. Résister en refusant d’obéir. 3. S’insurger, se révolter.
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 regimber
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- regimbant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- regimbé participle past
- regimbe first-person indicative present
- regimbes indicative present second-person
- regimbons first-person indicative plural
- regimbez indicative plural present
- regimbent indicative plural present
- regimbais first-person imperfect indicative
- regimbait imperfect indicative singular
- regimbions first-person imperfect indicative
- regimbiez imperfect indicative plural
- regimbaient imperfect indicative plural
- regimbai first-person historic indicative
- regimbas historic indicative past
- regimba historic indicative past
- regimbâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce regimber?
- /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.be/
- \ʁə.ʒɛ̃.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to regimber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regimber in French?
regimber appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).