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redoute: An outwork of a fortification (cognate with redoubt).
redouter: to dread, to fear
redoux: thaw (or milder spell after cold weather); January thaw or midwinter thaw
redrapage: reshaping
redresse-seins: peek-a-boo bra
redressement: rectification, remedy; recovery; straightening up (of one's seat or posture)
redresser: to straighten (up); to rectify, straighten out; to restore, turn around; to recover, regain composure; to stand up, sit up straight
redresser la barre: to right the ship, to put things right, to get back on track
redresseur: rectifier
redynamiser: to redynamize; to reinvigorate
redéchirer: to rip up (etc) again
redécoller: to take off again
redécoupage: the act or the result of cutting out or cutting up again; rezoning
redécouper: to cut out again; to cut up again; to rezone
redécouvert: rediscovered
redécouverte: rediscovery
redécouvrir: to rediscover
redéfaire: to redefeat
redéfinir: redefine (to give a new or different definition to a word); override (to redefine an inherited method)
redéfinisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of redéfinir
redéfinition: redefinition (act or instance of redefining); overriding
redémarrage: restart, restarting; resurgence
redémarrer: to restart; to reboot
redéparasiter: to deparasitize again
redépecer: take apart again
redéploiement: redeployment
redéployer: to redeploy
redéposer: to redeposit
redéveloppement: redevelopment
redévelopper: to redevelop
redû: remaining amount owed
refactoriser: to refactorize
refaire: to redo, to do over, to do again, to repeat; to remake, to recreate, to make more of, to reproduce; to restore, to renovate, to make (like) brand new; to get reaccustomed to; to freshen up, to recuperate
refaire le monde: to set the world to rights, to put the world to rights (to talk about improving the world)
refaire le portrait: to rearrange (someone's) face
refaire sa vie: to start a new life
refaire surface: to resurface, to reemerge, to reappear
refait: chuffed, happy; who has had plastic surgery, who has had work done
refaçonner: to reshape
referendum: alternative spelling of référendum
refermer: to reclose; (wound) to heal
refiler: to give or pass something to someone; to palm off
refiler le bébé: to leave (someone) holding the bag, to palm a problem off to, to unload a problem on
refilmer: to refilm, to retake
refinancement: refinancing
refinancer: to refinance, to recapitalize
reflageller: to scourge or whip again
reflet: reflection
refleurir: to rebloom, reflower, reflourish
refleurissement: reflowering; reblooming
refleurisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of refleurir
refluer: to flow back, to ebb; to go back, rush back
reflux: ebb, ebb tide; vicissitude; reflux
reflux gastrique: gastric reflux
refléter: to reflect (to mirror, or show the image of something)
refonctionner: to function again, to start working again
refondation: reorganization, overhaul; reworking
refonder: to refound
refondre: to remelt; to resmelt; to remake from scratch
refonte: recasting; remelting; remake; rewrite; makeover