ressortir
French, verb/ʁə.sɔʁ.tiʁ/
ressortir is spelled R-E-S-S-O-R-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ressortir is a French verb meaning “to go or come back out; to go/come out again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sortir de nouveau”.
What does ressortir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go or come back out; to go/come out again
Elle est ressortie de la maison en jupe.
- 2
to take back out; to take out [again]
Il a mis les mains dans ses poches, et en a ressorti une pièce.
- 3
to emerge from, according to evidence [with de ‘from’]
Il en ressort que […]
- 4
to stand out
une image qui ressort
verb
- 1
to come under the jurispendence [of]
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sortir de nouveau. 2. Sortir après être entré. 3. Apparaître en opposition frappante, saillante. 4. Résulter, se dégager, apparaître comme conséquence.
verb: 1. Être du ressort de quelque chose. 2. Concerner, se rapporter à.
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 ressortir
- avoir infinitive multiword-construction
- être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ressortant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ressorti participle past
- ressors first-person indicative present
- ressort indicative present singular
- ressortons first-person indicative plural
- ressortez indicative plural present
- ressortent indicative plural present
- ressortais first-person imperfect indicative
- ressortait imperfect indicative singular
- ressortions first-person imperfect indicative
- ressortiez imperfect indicative plural
- ressortaient imperfect indicative plural
- ressortis first-person historic indicative
- ressortit historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ressortir?
- /ʁə.sɔʁ.tiʁ/
- \ʁə.sɔʁ.tiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ressortir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ressortir in French?
ressortir appears 11 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).