repenser
French, verb\ʁə.pɑ̃.se\
repenser is spelled R-E-P-E-N-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repenser is a French verb meaning “to rethink, to reconsider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Penser de nouveau, réfléchir plus profondément sur une chose”.
What does repenser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rethink, to reconsider
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Penser de nouveau, réfléchir plus profondément sur une chose. 2. Reviser profondément, en modifiant les fondements, en parlant des œuvres de l’esprit.
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 repenser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- repensant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- repensé participle past
- repense first-person indicative present
- repenses indicative present second-person
- repensons first-person indicative plural
- repensez indicative plural present
- repensent indicative plural present
- repensais first-person imperfect indicative
- repensait imperfect indicative singular
- repensions first-person imperfect indicative
- repensiez imperfect indicative plural
- repensaient imperfect indicative plural
- repensai first-person historic indicative
- repensas historic indicative past
- repensa historic indicative past
- repensâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce repenser?
- \ʁə.pɑ̃.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to repenser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is repenser in French?
repenser appears 4.1 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).