ressasser
French, verb/ʁə.sa.se/
ressasser is spelled R-E-S-S-A-S-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ressasser is a French verb meaning “to sieve again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Repasser au sas, c’est-à-dire au tamis”.
What does ressasser mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto sieve again
Il faut ressasser la farine.
- 2
to think constantly about the same things
- 3
to repeat oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Repasser au sas, c’est-à-dire au tamis. 2. Revenir constamment en esprit sur le même sujet ou revenir sans cesse sur les mêmes propos.
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 ressasser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ressassant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ressassé participle past
- ressasse first-person indicative present
- ressasses indicative present second-person
- ressassons first-person indicative plural
- ressassez indicative plural present
- ressassent indicative plural present
- ressassais first-person imperfect indicative
- ressassait imperfect indicative singular
- ressassions first-person imperfect indicative
- ressassiez imperfect indicative plural
- ressassaient imperfect indicative plural
- ressassai first-person historic indicative
- ressassas historic indicative past
- ressassa historic indicative past
- ressassâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ressasser?
- /ʁə.sa.se/
- \ʁə.sa.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ressasser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ressasser in French?
ressasser appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).