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revanche

French, noun

revanche is spelled R-E-V-A-N-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written French, the 1,809th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Revanche is a French feminine noun meaning “revenge; vengeance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, revanché is a different word: “past participle of revancher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action par laquelle on reprend sur quelqu’un l’avantage qu’il avait pris. Action de rendre la pareille pour…”.

What does revanche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerevenge; vengeance

    prendre sa revanche

  2. 2

    femininerematch

verb

as revanché
  1. 1

    past participle of revancher

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action par laquelle on reprend sur quelqu’un l’avantage qu’il avait pris. Action de rendre la pareille pour un mal qu'on a reçu. 2. Action de rendre un bien qu'on a reçu. 3. Seconde partie que joue le perdant, dans l’espoir de regagner ce qu’il a perdu. Toute reprise de jeu demandée pour se racquitter de ce qu'on a perdu, pour regagner ce qu'on a perdu auparavant.

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 revanche

  • revanches plural
  • revanchée feminine
  • revanchés masculine plural
  • revanchées feminine plural

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

English words that translate to revanche

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

How common is revanche in French?

revanche appears 46 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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