French word

redécouvrir

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁədekuvʁiʁ/

Meaning

  • verbrediscover

Example

Je voudrais redécouvrir la musique traditionnelle.

I would like to rediscover traditional music.

Illustration for redécouvrir (rediscover)

More examples

Après des années, j'ai voulu redécouvrir ma ville natale.

After years, I wanted to rediscover my hometown.

Core concept

A known object returning to focus with fresh meaning.

Common phrases

  • redécouvrir la ville

    rediscover the city

  • redécouvrir un plat

    rediscover a dish

  • redécouvrir le plaisir de lire

    rediscover the pleasure of reading

Similar words

découvrir: Find out about something previously unknown for the first time.
retrouver: Find something lost or meet someone again.
revoir: See something or someone again after seeing them before.
reconnaître: Realize that something or someone has been seen or known before.

Definition in French

Percevoir à nouveau quelque chose que l'on connaissait, comme si on le découvrait sous un jour différent.

Word origin

French forms redécouvrir by adding re- to découvrir, whose older form descovrir derives from Latin discooperire, to uncover.

Usage tips

  • In its pronominal form, se redécouvrir often describes recognizing a new aspect of oneself.

Opposites

Related words

  • redécouverterediscoverynoun
  • redécouvertrediscoveredadjective

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