retâter
French, verb/ʁə.ta.te/
retâter is spelled R-E-T-Â-T-E-R (7 letters). Retâter is a French verb meaning “to grope again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tâter de nouveau”.
What does retâter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grope again
- 2
to try again (something)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tâter de nouveau. 2. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) 3. Retoucher une chose, y revenir, l’essayer, l’examiner de nouveau. 4. S’examiner de nouveau.
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 retâter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- retâtant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- retâté participle past
- retâte first-person indicative present
- retâtes indicative present second-person
- retâtons first-person indicative plural
- retâtez indicative plural present
- retâtent indicative plural present
- retâtais first-person imperfect indicative
- retâtait imperfect indicative singular
- retâtions first-person imperfect indicative
- retâtiez imperfect indicative plural
- retâtaient imperfect indicative plural
- retâtai first-person historic indicative
- retâtas historic indicative past
- retâta historic indicative past
- retâtâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retâter?
- /ʁə.ta.te/
- /ʁə.tɑ.te/
- \ʁə.tɑ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.