reposailles

\ʁə.po.zaj\

/\ʁə.po.zaj\/ noun

The verdict

“reposailles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Période de repos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reposailles · reposailles · French

reposailles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for reposailles
PropertyValue
Headwordreposailles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.po.zaj\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « reposailles » en français

reposaillessiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reposailles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.po.zaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for reposailles, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is reposailles, spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Période de repos.
  2. 2
    Fin de semaine ; week-end.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how reposailles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Toutefois, il est prudent, dans une halte, de ne point s'abandonner au dolce farniente d'une manière trop absolue, crainte de voir le gibier assister audacieusement à vos reposailles.
  2. Lors des prochaines reposailles, se dérouleront les bourses moto de Sainte Geneviève des Bois (91), le samedi et de Elbeuf (76), le dimanche.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reposailles"?
"reposailles" is spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.po.zaj\.
What does "reposailles" mean?
As a noun, "reposailles" means: Période de repos.
How do you pronounce "reposailles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reposailles" is \ʁə.po.zaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reposailles" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list