rendormir
French, verb\ʁɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ\
rendormir is a French verb meaning “to fall asleep again, to fall back to sleep, to go back to sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire dormir de nouveau, en parlant de quelqu’un qui était réveillé”.
What does rendormir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fall asleep again, to fall back to sleep, to go back to sleep
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire dormir de nouveau, en parlant de quelqu’un qui était réveillé. 2. Recommencer à dormir.
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 rendormir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rendormant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rendormi participle past
- rendors first-person indicative present
- rendort indicative present singular
- rendormons first-person indicative plural
- rendormez indicative plural present
- rendorment indicative plural present
- rendormais first-person imperfect indicative
- rendormait imperfect indicative singular
- rendormions first-person imperfect indicative
- rendormiez imperfect indicative plural
- rendormaient imperfect indicative plural
- rendormis first-person historic indicative
- rendormit historic indicative past
- rendormîmes first-person historic indicative
- rendormîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rendormir?
- \ʁɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rendormir in French?
rendormir appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).