remplumer
French, verb/ʁɑ̃.ply.me/
remplumer is a French verb meaning “to put flesh on the bones (begin to recover weight loss)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Regarnir de plumes”.
What does remplumer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put flesh on the bones (begin to recover weight loss)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Regarnir de plumes. 2. Avoir les plumes qui reviennent, en parlant des oiseaux. 3. Reprendre du poids. 4. Rétablir ses affaires, regagner ce qu’on avait perdu.
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 remplumer
- se remplumer infinitive reflexive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction reflexive
- se remplumant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- remplumé participle past reflexive
- me remplume first-person indicative present
- te remplumes indicative present reflexive
- se remplume indicative present reflexive
- nous remplumons first-person indicative plural
- vous remplumez indicative plural present
- se remplument indicative plural present
- me remplumais first-person imperfect indicative
- te remplumais imperfect indicative reflexive
- se remplumait imperfect indicative reflexive
- nous remplumions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous remplumiez imperfect indicative plural
- se remplumaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce remplumer?
- /ʁɑ̃.ply.me/
- \ʁɑ̃.ply.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is remplumer in French?
remplumer appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).