reverse
French, verb
reverse is spelled R-E-V-E-R-S-E (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reverse is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, reversé is a different word: “past participle of reverser”.
What does reverse mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of reverser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inverseur de poussée. 2. DNS reverse.
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 reverse
- reversée feminine
- reversés masculine plural
- reversées feminine plural
- reverses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is reverse in French?
reverse appears 1.1 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).