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relire

French, verb/ʁə.liʁ/

relire is a French verb meaning “to reread, to read again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lire de nouveau”.

What does relire mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to reread, to read again

  2. 2

    to proofread, to read through (look for mistakes)

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Lire de nouveau. 2. Lire à des fins de correction.

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 relire

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • relisant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • relu participle past
  • relis first-person indicative present
  • relit indicative present singular
  • relisons first-person indicative plural
  • relisez indicative plural present
  • relisent indicative plural present
  • relisais first-person imperfect indicative
  • relisait imperfect indicative singular
  • relisions first-person imperfect indicative
  • relisiez imperfect indicative plural
  • relisaient imperfect indicative plural
  • relus first-person historic indicative
  • relut historic indicative past
  • relûmes first-person historic indicative
  • relûtes historic indicative past

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

How do you pronounce relire?

  • /ʁə.liʁ/
  • \ʁə.liʁ\
  • [ʁə.liʁ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to relire

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

How common is relire in French?

relire appears 6.2 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).