rengainer
\ʁɑ̃.ɡe.ne\
The verdict
“rengainer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remettre dans la gaine, dans le fourreau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rengainer · rengainer · French
rengainer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rengainer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.ɡe.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rengainer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rengainer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.ɡe.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for rengainer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rengainer, spelled R-E-N-G-A-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Remettre dans la gaine, dans le fourreau.
- 2Remettre l’épée au fourreau.
- 3Supprimer ou ne pas achever ce qu’on avait envie de dire ou de montrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rengainer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ceci est plein de raison, dit Buckingham en rengainant son épée, et je vous demande pardon, monsieur de Bragelonne, de m’être laissé entraîner à un premier mouvement.
Et il était tellement absorbé par cette contemplation, – hypnotisé, diraient les gens qui n’aiment pas à parler comme tout le monde, – qu’il avait oublié de rengainer le portefeuille où il venait de puiser.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.