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rétroactif: retroactive
rétroaction: feedback (signal that is looped back to control a system within itself); retroaction
rétroactivement: retroactively; retrospectively
rétroactivité: retroactivity
rétroagir: to retroact
rétrocaveuse: backhoe, backhoe loader, loader excavator
rétrocession: retrocession
rétrocommission: kickback
rétrocéder: to retrocede; to surrender (property, land etc)
rétrodiffuser: to backscatter
rétrodiffusé: backscattered
rétrodismutation: retrodismutation
rétrofacturation: chargeback (reversal of an accounting entry)
rétroflexe: retroflex
rétroformation: back-formation
rétrofusée: retrorocket
rétrogaming: retrogaming
rétrogradation: retrogradation (retrograde motion); demotion, downgrading (in rank)
rétrograde: retrograde; retrograde, backwards
rétrograder: to turn back, go back; to retrogress; to downshift; to demote; to downgrade
rétrogression: retrogression (decline)
rétrolien: trackback
rétronasal: retronasal
rétronasalement: retronasally
rétronyme: retronym
rétronymie: retronymy
rétronymique: retronymic
rétroposition: retroposition
rétroprojecteur: overhead projector
rétroprojection: back projection
rétropropulsion: retropropulsion
rétropédalage: the action or the result of backpedalling
rétropédaler: to backpedal
rétrospectif: retrospective
rétrospection: retrospection
rétrospective: retrospective, montage
rétrospectivement: retrospectively; in retrospect, in hindsight
rétroviral: retroviral
rétrovirus: retrovirus (virus with a genome consisting of RNA)
rétroviseur: rear-view mirror
rétrécir: to shrink; to narrow
rétrécissant: narrowing, shrinking
rétrécissement: shrinking
rétrécisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of rétrécir
rétus: retuse
réunification: reunification (the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country)
réunifier: to reunite, reunify
réunion: meeting; set union
réunion Tupperware: Tupperware party
réunion de famille: family reunion (an infrequent gathering of family members or distant relatives who are usually geographically separated)
réunionite: meetingitis
réunionnais: of Réunion
réunir: to gather, collect; to bring together; to meet; to come together
réunisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of réunir
réussir: to manage to do something; to pass (a test); to succeed at something
réussissabilité: achievability, attainability, doability, feasibility
réussissable: achievable, attainable, doable, feasible
réussisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of réussir
réussite: success; patience card game, solitaire
réutilisable: reusable (that can be used more than once)