French Conversation · Level 145
30 words
French word
rejaillir
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁəʒajiʁ/
Meaning
- verbsplash
Example
La boue rejaillit quand il marche.
The mud splashes up when he walks.
More examples
Des éclaboussures rejaillissent sur les passants.
Splashes fly onto passersby.
Core concept
Mud hits the ground, rebounds, and scatters outward, while an event can similarly send effects onto other people.
Common phrases
des éclaboussures rejaillissent
Splashes fly
rejaillir sur quelqu'un
splash onto someone
Similar words
éclabousser: To spatter someone or something with forceful splashes of liquid or mud.
rebondir: To spring back when pushed or hit by an external force.
se répercuter: To affect another person or situation as a consequence.
Definition in French
Projeter des gouttes ou des particules en rebondissant à partir d'une source, et, par extension, produire des répercussions qui retombent sur quelqu'un.
Word origin
Rejaillir combines the prefix re- with jaillir, an Old French verb ultimately related to Latin jaculāri, 'to throw'.
Usage tips
- In the figurative construction rejaillir sur quelqu'un, the preposition sur marks the person or group affected.
Other meanings
- spring upverb
- gushverb
- reboundverb
Opposites
- absorberabsorbverb