retombées
French, verb\ʁə.tɔ̃.be\
retombées is spelled R-E-T-O-M-B-É-E-S (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,330th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retombées is a French feminine verb meaning “feminine plural of retombé” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does retombées mean in English?
verb
- 1
femininefeminine plural of retombé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retombées radioactives.
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.
How do you pronounce retombées?
- \ʁə.tɔ̃.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retombées
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retombées in French?
retombées appears 3.2 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).