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remplacé: replaced; exchanged
remplaçable: replaceable (capable of being replaced)
remplaçant: substitute, replacement
rempli: filled; filled (having another tincture than its own covering the greater part)
remplir: to fill, to fill up (make full); to fill in; to fulfil
remplissage: filling, padding; fulfilment
remplisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of remplir
remploi: reuse
remplumer: to put flesh on the bones (begin to recover weight loss)
rempocher: to put back in one's pocket
remporter: to take back, take away (again); to win (election, championship etc.), to secure (a position)
rempoter: to repot
remuant: boisterous, exuberant, energetic
remue-ménage: move, house move; bustle, commotion
remue-méninge: brainstorming
remuer: to move (lips, head, arms, etc.); to wag (a tail); to twitch, flick; to swing (one's arms); to move, shift (an object)
remuer ciel et terre: to move heaven and earth, to leave no stone unturned
remuer le couteau dans la plaie: to twist the knife, to rub salt in the wound
remugle: mustiness; state of being musty
remuscler: to become muscular again
remâcher: to rehash
remâter: to remast
remède: remedy
remède de bonne femme: home remedy, folk remedy
remède de cheval: strong medicine, drastic remedy, sledgehammer approach
remède de grand-mère: home remedy, folk remedy
reméchage: rehair
remécher: to rehair
remédiable: remediable
remédiation: remediation
remédier: to remedy, to cure; to fix
remémoration: rememoration
remémorer: to memorize; to remember
reméthyler: to remethylate
renaissance: rebirth, renaissance
renaissant: renascent; Renaissance
renaitre: post-1990 spelling of renaître
renard: fox (small carnivore); crafty, purposeful and cunning character; flatulence; ancient navigation tool: circular, wooden or copper plate, which enables the helmsman to keep a record of wind conditions by inserting pegs at specific positions; hardly detectable cracks or holes causing a water tank or pond to empty itself
renard crabier: crab-eating fox
renard gris: gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
renard polaire: arctic fox
renard volant: flying fox (mammal)
renard à oreilles de chauve-souris: synonym of otocyon
renard-garou: a werefox
renardeau: fox cub
renardier: foxlike; sly, foxy
renardière: foxhole (den of a fox)
renationalisation: renationalization
renationaliser: to renationalize
renauder: to protest loudly; to become angry; to show reluctance, or to refuse to do something
renaître: to be reborn, to be born again; to reappear, to resurface; to rekindle
renaître de ses cendres: to rise from the ashes
rencard: appointment; date (amorous); tip-off
rencarder: to inform; to inquire
renchérir: to go further (in speech, actions etc.); to go one better; to increase; to put up the price of
renchérissement: inflation (increase in a cost/price)
renchérisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of renchérir
rencogner: to corner
rencontre: encounter; meeting; fixture
rencontrer: to meet; to come across