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
to reread, to read again
- 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).