repentir
French, noun/ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/
repentir is spelled R-E-P-E-N-T-I-R (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repentir is a French masculine noun meaning “repentance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se repentir”.
What does repentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to repent
Elle ne s'est jamais repentie jusqu'à sa mort.
noun
- 1
masculinerepentance
Near-synonyms: remords, regret
- 2
masculinepentimento
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se repentir. 2. Trace d’une première idée qu’on a voulu corriger. 3. Cheveux roulés en tire-bouchons, qui pendent des deux côtés du visage. (au pluriel uniquement) 4. Correction, modification apportée par l’auteur une fois le livre achevé et prêt à être imprimé.
verb: 1. Utilisé uniquement dans se repentir.
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 repentir
- se repentir infinitive reflexive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction reflexive
- se repentant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- repenti participle past reflexive
- me repens first-person indicative present
- te repens indicative present reflexive
- se repent indicative present reflexive
- nous repentons first-person indicative plural
- vous repentez indicative plural present
- se repentent indicative plural present
- me repentais first-person imperfect indicative
- te repentais imperfect indicative reflexive
- se repentait imperfect indicative reflexive
- nous repentions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous repentiez imperfect indicative plural
- se repentaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce repentir?
- /ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/
- \ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to repentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is repentir in French?
repentir appears 1.7 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).