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remuer ciel et terre

French, verb/ʁə.mɥe sjɛl e tɛʁ/

remuer ciel et terre is a French verb meaning “to move heaven and earth, to leave no stone unturned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire tous ses efforts, employer toutes sortes de moyens pour arriver au but qu’on se propose”.

What does remuer ciel et terre mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to move heaven and earth, to leave no stone unturned

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Faire tous ses efforts, employer toutes sortes de moyens pour arriver au but qu’on se propose.

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 remuer ciel et terre?

  • /ʁə.mɥe sjɛl e tɛʁ/
  • \ʁə.mɥe sjɛ.l‿e tɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.