French word

redevenir

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁədəvəniʁ/

Meaning

  • verbbecome again

Example

Après le traitement, sa santé redeviendra normale.

After treatment, his health will become normal again.

Illustration for redevenir (become again)

More examples

Après le repos, il redeviendra calme.

After resting, he will become calm again.

Core concept

A condition that has changed becoming the condition it had before.

Common phrases

  • redevenir normal

    become normal again

  • redevenir soi-même

    become oneself again

  • redevenir calme

    become calm again

Similar words

revenir: Come back to a place or person after being away.
retrouver: Find something lost and take possession of it again.
récupérer: Restore strength or health diminished by illness or fatigue.
reprendre: Resume an interrupted activity or condition.

Definition in French

Reprendre, après une modification, la même qualité ou le même état que l'on avait auparavant.

Word origin

The verb combines the prefix re- with devenir, from Old French devenir and Latin devenire, giving the sense of becoming again.

Usage tips

  • In compound tenses, redevenir takes être, as in elle est redevenue normale, and the past participle agrees with the subject.

Opposites

Related words

  • redevenurestored to its former stateadjective

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