relecture
French, noun/ʁə.lɛk.tyʁ/
relecture is spelled R-E-L-E-C-T-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relecture is a French feminine noun meaning “rereading (act of rereading)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lecture d’un texte écrit à des fins de correction”.
What does relecture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerereading (act of rereading)
- 2
feminineproofreading
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lecture d’un texte écrit à des fins de correction. 2. Lecture à nouveau d’un texte pouvant amener à une nouvelle interprétation. 3. Pratique spirituelle.
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 relecture
- relectures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relecture?
- /ʁə.lɛk.tyʁ/
- \ʁə.lɛk.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to relecture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is relecture in French?
relecture appears 2.5 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).