remous
French, noun/ʁə.mu/
remous is spelled R-E-M-O-U-S (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remous is a French masculine noun meaning “eddy, backwash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retour de l’eau sur elle-même dans le sillage d’un navire en marche”.
What does remous mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeddy, backwash
- 2
masculineswirl, wash; turmoil
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retour de l’eau sur elle-même dans le sillage d’un navire en marche. 2. Tournoiement d’un fluide autour d’un obstacle. 3. Contre-courants qui se forment sur les bords d’une rivière. 4. Mouvements en sens divers.
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 remous?
- /ʁə.mu/
- \ʁə.mu\
- [ʁə.mu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to remous
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is remous in French?
remous appears 2.2 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).