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renniculture
noun, feminine
reindeer herding, reindeer husbandry
renoi
noun, masculine
a black person
renoirien
adjective
Renoirian
renom
noun, masculine
renown, fame, reputation
to rename; to reelect; to glorify; to laud
renommé
adjective
renowned
renommée
noun, feminine
reputation, legend, renown
renoncement
noun, masculine
renouncement; resignation
to resign, to quit; to renounce, to waive (legal; right)
renonciation
noun, feminine
renunciation (all senses); waiver
renonculacée
noun, feminine
flowering plant of the family Ranunculaceae
renoncule
noun, feminine
buttercup (Ranunculus)
renoncule de Gouan
noun, feminine
Ranunculus gouanii Willd.
to note again; to make a note of again
to tie in a knot again; to pick up on (a conversation); to rekindle a friendship (with), to get back in touch (with)
renouveau
noun, masculine
renewal
renouvelable
adjective
renewable (able to be renewed)
to renew; to reinvent oneself
renouvellement
noun, masculine
renewal (act of renewing something)
renouvellement urbain
noun, masculine
urban renewal
renouvèlement
noun, masculine
post-1990 spelling of renouvellement
renouée
noun, feminine
knotweed
renouée des oiseaux
noun, feminine
common knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
renouée du Japon
noun, feminine
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica Houtt.)
renseignement
noun, masculine
piece of information; intelligence (gathering of information about hostile forces; agencies that do so)
to advise; to inform; to inquire; to find out
rentabilisation
noun, feminine
the action or result, of making something profitable
to make profitable
rentabilité
noun, feminine
profitability
rentable
adjective
profitable; cost-effective
profitably
to restart, to begin again
rente
noun, feminine
annuity; benefit; pension; private income
rente viagère
noun, feminine
life annuity
renter
verb
to endow
rentier
noun, masculine
rentier
finedraw
rentrant
adjective
reflex (angle)
to retrain
rentre-dedans
noun, masculine
hitting on, chatting up
to go back, to re-enter; to go (back) home, to come (back) home; to get in, to go in, to fit in; to bring in, to get in, to put in; to score (a goal)
to get back to normal, to return to normal, to get sorted out, to sort itself out
to lay into, to hit (to attack physically); to lay into, to rake over the coals (to attack verbally)
to get back into line, to fall in line, to toe the line; to go straight
to recoup one's original investment, to recover outlay
to break even (to cover one's costs, to get back one's expenses)
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rentrer, dedans.; to physically attack, assault, beat up; to verbally attack, to severely scold or criticize, to dress down
rentrée
noun, feminine
return (the act of returning); the return to school or work after a vacation (usually the summer break); start of the school year
rentrée des classes
noun, feminine
synonym of rentrée scolaire
rentrée littéraire
noun, feminine
the time of the year when many books are published
rentrée scolaire
noun, feminine
the return to school; the beginning of the new school year
renumber
renversant
adjective
astounding
renversement
noun, masculine
act of knocking over; reversal; inversion (rearrangement of the top-to-bottom elements in an interval, a chord)
to turn over, turn upside down; to knock over, knock to the ground; to run over; to spill (e.g. a liquid); to invert (change the positions of words in a sentence)
to turn the tide, to turn things around; to change course
renvoi
noun, masculine
act of returning, of sending back; firing, dismissal; clearance; belch, burp
to resend, retransmit; to send again; to send back (to give back to the original sender); to give back, throw back, post back, bounce back, swing back etc.; to put off, postpone (an appointment, a duty); to reflect (i.e. of a reflective surface)
to postpone indefinitely
to return the favor