reverdir
French, verb/ʁə.vɛʁ.diʁ/
reverdir is spelled R-E-V-E-R-D-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reverdir is a French verb meaning “to turn green again (of trees, plants, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Redevenir vert”.
What does reverdir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn green again (of trees, plants, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Redevenir vert. 2. Rajeunir ; revenir à plus de vie. 3. Dans une tannerie, action qui consiste à plonger une peau dans un bain.
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 reverdir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- reverdissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- reverdi participle past
- reverdis first-person indicative present
- reverdit indicative present singular
- reverdissons first-person indicative plural
- reverdissez indicative plural present
- reverdissent indicative plural present
- reverdissais first-person imperfect indicative
- reverdissait imperfect indicative singular
- reverdissions first-person imperfect indicative
- reverdissiez imperfect indicative plural
- reverdissaient imperfect indicative plural
- reverdîmes first-person historic indicative
- reverdîtes historic indicative past
- reverdirent historic indicative past
- reverdirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reverdir?
- /ʁə.vɛʁ.diʁ/
- \ʁə.vɛʁ.diʁ\
- [ʁə.vɛʁ.diʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is reverdir in French?
reverdir appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).