relaps
French, adjective/ʁə.laps/
relaps is spelled R-E-L-A-P-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relaps is a French adjective meaning “guilty of repeat apostasy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est retombé dans l’hérésie après l’avoir abjurée une première fois”.
What does relaps mean in English?
adjective
- 1
guilty of repeat apostasy
- 2
who falls back into error repeatedly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est retombé dans l’hérésie après l’avoir abjurée une première fois.
noun: 1. Personne retombée dans l’hérésie. 2. Malfaiteur récidiviste.
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 relaps
- relapse feminine
- relapses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relaps?
- /ʁə.laps/
- \ʁə.laps\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is relaps in French?
relaps appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).