rentrée

French

FWOTD – 1 September 2017

Pronunciation

Noun

rentrée f (plural rentrées)

  1. return (the act of returning)
  2. (education, administration) the return to school or work after a vacation (usually the summer break); start of the school year
    Dans 5 jours, c’est la rentrée.It's back to school in 5 days.
    • 2015, William Edmiston, Annie Dumenil, La France contemporaine, Cengage Learning, →ISBN:
      Pour les jeunes, c’est la rentrée scolaire: beaucoup de parents accompagnent leurs jeunes enfants à l’école le jour de la rentrée des classes, et les patrons sont encouragés à leur accorder cette possibilité.
      For children, it is the start of the new school year: many parents accompany their young children to school on the first day back, and bosses are encouraged to allow them to do so.

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Descendants

  • Portuguese: rentrée

Participle

rentrée f sg

  1. feminine singular of rentré

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

rentrée f (invariable)

  1. return (typically of an artist who has been absent for some time)

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French rentrée.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈtɾe/ [hɐ̃ˈtɾe]

Noun

rentrée f (plural rentrées)

  1. (education, administration) the return to school or work after a recess (usually the summer break)
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