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reste

French, noun

reste is spelled R-E-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears 407 times per million words in written French, the 204th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reste is a French masculine noun meaning “rest, remainder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rester. With an accent, resté is a different word: “past participle of rester”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui demeure d’un tout, d’une plus grande quantité ; ce qui subsiste d’une chose passée, tant au sens…”.

What does reste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerest, remainder

    le reste du monde

  2. 2

    masculinea trace or vestige which remains

    Il a perdu le petit reste d'espoir.

  3. 3

    masculineremainder

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as resté
  1. 1

    past participle of rester

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ce qui demeure d’un tout, d’une plus grande quantité ; ce qui subsiste d’une chose passée, tant au sens physique qu’au sens moral. 2. Autre partie d'un tout. 3. Ce qui ne fut pas mangé dans un repas. 4. Le solde d'une transaction monétaire.

adjective: 1. Être exténué, à bout de force.

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 reste

  • restes plural
  • restée feminine
  • restés masculine plural
  • restées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to reste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is reste in French?

reste appears 407 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).

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