ressaisir
French, verb/ʁə.sɛ.ziʁ/
ressaisir is spelled R-E-S-S-A-I-S-I-R (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ressaisir is a French verb meaning “to regain or recover (that which was lost)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reprendre ; se remettre en possession de quelque chose”.
What does ressaisir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to regain or recover (that which was lost)
- 2
to compose oneself, pull oneself together, to get back on one's feet, to pick oneself up off the floor, to get a grip on oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reprendre ; se remettre en possession de quelque chose. 2. Redevenir maître de soi.
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 ressaisir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ressaisissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ressaisi participle past
- ressaisis first-person indicative present
- ressaisit indicative present singular
- ressaisissons first-person indicative plural
- ressaisissez indicative plural present
- ressaisissent indicative plural present
- ressaisissais first-person imperfect indicative
- ressaisissait imperfect indicative singular
- ressaisissions first-person imperfect indicative
- ressaisissiez imperfect indicative plural
- ressaisissaient imperfect indicative plural
- ressaisîmes first-person historic indicative
- ressaisîtes historic indicative past
- avoir ressaisi infinitive past
- en ressaisissant gerund present
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ressaisir?
- /ʁə.sɛ.ziʁ/
- /ʁə.se.ziʁ/
- \ʁə.se.ziʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ressaisir in French?
ressaisir appears 1.3 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).