relevailles
French, noun/ʁə.l(ə).vaj/
relevailles is spelled R-E-L-E-V-A-I-L-L-E-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relevailles is a French feminine noun meaning “the churching of a woman; a ceremony at church to bless a woman who has recently given birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cérémonie qui se fait à l’église, lorsqu’une femme y va la première fois après ses couches pour se faire…”.
What does relevailles mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininethe churching of a woman; a ceremony at church to bless a woman who has recently given birth
- 2
datedfemininea woman's first time standing back up, or more generally, her period of recovery, after having given birth
- 3
feminineassistance provided to the parents of a newborn baby
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cérémonie qui se fait à l’église, lorsqu’une femme y va la première fois après ses couches pour se faire bénir par un prêtre. 2. Action pour une femme de se lever pour la première fois après ses couches, de se rétablir de ses couches. 3. Soutien offert aux parents d’un nouveau-né.
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 relevailles?
- /ʁə.l(ə).vaj/
- \ʁəl.vaj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is relevailles in French?
relevailles appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).