French Conversation · Level 146
30 words
French word
reconstituer
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁəkɔ̃stitɥe/
Meaning
- verbrestore
Example
Le musée a reconstitué la fresque détruite.
The museum restored the destroyed fresco.
More examples
Après le départ de plusieurs joueurs, le club a reconstitué une équipe compétitive.
After several players left, the club re-formed a competitive team.
Core concept
A damaged whole rebuilt by gathering surviving clues and recreating what is missing.
Common phrases
reconstituer une équipe
re-form a team
Similar words
reconstruire: To construct a broken object or building again from materials and structural parts.
restaurer: To mend an old object's damage while preserving it.
refaire: To redo something that has already been finished or made.
Definition in French
Remettre quelque chose dans son état antérieur en rassemblant ou en recréant les éléments manquants.
Word origin
Reconstituer combines re- ('again') with constituer, from Latin constituere, 'to set up', giving the sense of putting a whole together again.
Usage tips
- Reconstituer suits restoring a lost or damaged whole, while reconstruire more directly describes building a structure again.
Other meanings
- recreateverb
- reconstructverb
Opposites
- démantelertake apartverb
- détruiredemolishverb
Related words
- reconstitutionreconstitutionnoun
- reconstituére-formedadjective
- reconstituablere-formableadjective