retombé
French, verb
retombé is spelled R-E-T-O-M-B-É (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retombé is a French verb meaning “past participle of retomber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, retombe is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does retombé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of retomber
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Façon dont un vêtement pend sur le bas du corps.
noun: 1. Feuille de papier adjointe à un dessin pour décrire un projet de modification. 2. Retombée.
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 retombé
- retombée feminine
- retombés masculine plural
- retombées feminine plural
- retombes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is retombé in French?
retombé appears 3.5 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).