REM
French, noun/ʁɛm/
REM is spelled R-E-M (3 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). REM is a French masculine noun meaning “REM; rapid eye movement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réseau ferroviaire express métropolitain parcourant Montréal et y reliant certaines villes de banlieue…”.
What does REM mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineREM; rapid eye movement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne unité d’équivalent de dose de radiation, remplacée par le sievert – 1 sv= 100 rem.
noun: 1. Réseau ferroviaire express métropolitain parcourant Montréal et y reliant certaines villes de banlieue (projet en 2021).
noun: 1. Période du sommeil paradoxal où les globes oculaires sont affectés de mouvements rapides.
noun: 1. Rémunération.
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 REM
- REMs plural
- rems plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce REM?
- /ʁɛm/
- \ʁɛm\
- \ʁəm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is REM in French?
REM appears 2.3 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).