revêtir
French, verb/ʁə.vɛ.tiʁ/
revêtir is a French verb meaning “to clothe, dress (those in need or for ceremonial purposes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pourvoir de vêtements quelqu’un qui en a besoin”.
What does revêtir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clothe, dress (those in need or for ceremonial purposes)
- 2
to invest (formally give authority, titles, responsibilities; install in office)
- 3
to disguise, hide
- 4
to put on, dress oneself in
- 5
to take on, to assume (aspect, form or appearance)
On a constaté que les saumons sauvages, les truites et les anguilles sont porteurs du virus qui semble revêtir à présent un caractère endémique, même dans l'environnement marin plus large.
- 6
to coat, treat, cover, overlay, plaster (put a protective cover on (such as wooden support for a trench))
- 7
to cover, blanket
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pourvoir de vêtements quelqu’un qui en a besoin. 2. Couvrir d’un vêtement, spécialement en parlant des habits de cérémonie ou des autres marques de dignité. 3. Recevoir des emplois, des titres, des dignités, du pouvoir, de l’autorité, dont ainsi on est investi. 4. Donner une apparence parfois trompeuse.
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 revêtir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- revêtant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- revêtu participle past
- revêts first-person indicative present
- revêt indicative present singular
- revêtons first-person indicative plural
- revêtez indicative plural present
- revêtent indicative plural present
- revêtais first-person imperfect indicative
- revêtait imperfect indicative singular
- revêtions first-person imperfect indicative
- revêtiez imperfect indicative plural
- revêtaient imperfect indicative plural
- revêtis first-person historic indicative
- revêtit historic indicative past
- revêtîmes first-person historic indicative
- revêtîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revêtir?
- /ʁə.vɛ.tiʁ/
- /ʁə.ve.tiʁ/
- \ʁə.ve.tiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to revêtir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is revêtir in French?
revêtir appears 1.3 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).