reprendre haleine
\ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.lɛn\
The verdict
“reprendre haleine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se reposer pour se mettre en état de recommencer à parler, à marcher, à travailler, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reprendre-haleine · reprendre haleine · French
reprendre haleine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reprendre haleine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.lɛn\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reprendre haleine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reprendre haleine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁ‿a.lɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se reposer pour se mettre en état de recommencer à parler, à marcher, à travailler, etc.".
No misspelling variants are generated for reprendre haleine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is reprendre haleine, spelled R-E-P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -H-A-L-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Se reposer pour se mettre en état de recommencer à parler, à marcher, à travailler, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reprendre haleine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour reprendre haleine, nous allons, s’il vous plaît, faire un tour dans le cloître.
Quand on revint de l’église, le petit homme rageur qui jouait dans les assemblées prit la tête du cortège. Son fils à son côté soufflait dans un cornet à piston et, quand il reprenait haleine, on entendait toujours la petite musique du violon, obstinée et vibrante comme un chant de grillon, dans les herbes.
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.