reprendre
French, verb/ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
reprendre is spelled R-E-P-R-E-N-D-R-E (9 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written French, the 1,660th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reprendre is a French verb meaning “to take back, recover, regain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prendre de nouveau”.
What does reprendre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take back, recover, regain
- 2
to take again, take more of, have another helping
- 3
to resume (work), get back to, carry on with
Après la pause, on va reprendre le travail.
- 4
to retake, recapture
- 5
to start again
reprendre à zéro
- 6
to pick up, to show new sign of life
- 7
to criticize, correct, rebuke, reprimand
- 8
to correct oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prendre de nouveau. 2. Rentrer dans une voie après l’avoir quitté. 3. Prendre ce qu’on avait donné. 4. Accepter qu’on vous rende un bien vendu, en annuler la vente et en rendre le prix.
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 reprendre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- reprenant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- repris participle past
- reprends first-person indicative present
- reprend indicative present singular
- reprenons first-person indicative plural
- reprenez indicative plural present
- reprennent indicative plural present
- reprenais first-person imperfect indicative
- reprenait imperfect indicative singular
- reprenions first-person imperfect indicative
- repreniez imperfect indicative plural
- reprenaient imperfect indicative plural
- reprit historic indicative past
- reprîmes first-person historic indicative
- reprîtes historic indicative past
- reprirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reprendre?
- /ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
- \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\
- [ʁǝ.pʁɑ̃dʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reprendre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reprendre in French?
reprendre appears 50 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).