repaire
French, noun
repaire is spelled R-E-P-A-I-R-E (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repaire is a French masculine noun meaning “den, lair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, repairé is a different word: “past participle of repairer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où se réunissent et se cachent bandits, malfaiteurs, voleurs, etc”.
What does repaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineden, lair
verb
- 1
past participle of repairer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où se réunissent et se cachent bandits, malfaiteurs, voleurs, etc. 2. Lieu de réunion de personnes qui ont des affinités. 3. Lieu qui sert de retraite aux bêtes sauvages.
noun: 1. Fiente des loups, des lièvres et de quelques autres animaux sauvages.
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 repaire
- repaires plural
- repairée feminine
- repairés masculine plural
- repairées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to repaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is repaire in French?
repaire appears 2.0 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).