rétrodiffuser
French, verb/ʁe.tʁɔ.di.fy.ze/
rétrodiffuser is spelled R-É-T-R-O-D-I-F-F-U-S-E-R (13 letters). Rétrodiffuser is a French verb meaning “to backscatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diffuser une particule ou un rayonnement dans la direction d’où il ou elle provient”.
What does rétrodiffuser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to backscatter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Diffuser une particule ou un rayonnement dans la direction d’où il ou elle provient.
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 rétrodiffuser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rétrodiffusant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rétrodiffusé participle past
- rétrodiffuse first-person indicative present
- rétrodiffuses indicative present second-person
- rétrodiffusons first-person indicative plural
- rétrodiffusez indicative plural present
- rétrodiffusent indicative plural present
- rétrodiffusais first-person imperfect indicative
- rétrodiffusait imperfect indicative singular
- rétrodiffusions first-person imperfect indicative
- rétrodiffusiez imperfect indicative plural
- rétrodiffusaient imperfect indicative plural
- rétrodiffusai first-person historic indicative
- rétrodiffusas historic indicative past
- rétrodiffusa historic indicative past
- rétrodiffusâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rétrodiffuser?
- /ʁe.tʁɔ.di.fy.ze/
- \ʁe.tʁɔ.di.fy.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.