French word

remarier

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁəmaʁje/

Meaning

  • verbremarry

Example

Après le divorce, elle va se remarier.

After the divorce, she is going to remarry.

Illustration for remarier (remarry)

More examples

Après la perte de son conjoint, elle a choisi de se remarier.

After the loss of her spouse, she chose to remarry.

Core concept

Marriage happening again, either because a person marries again or because another person is made to marry again.

Common phrases

  • se remarier

    remarry

  • se remarier avec quelqu'un

    remarry someone

Similar words

se remarier: To enter into marriage again.
marier: To bring two people together in marriage.
épouser: To take someone as a husband or wife.
se marier: To enter into a legally recognized marriage.

Definition in French

Faire épouser quelqu'un une nouvelle fois ; forme pronominale (se remarier) : se marier à nouveau.

Word origin

Remarier adds the prefix re-, meaning 'again', to marier, which comes from Latin maritare through Old French.

Usage tips

  • In the transitive use, remarier takes the person being married again as a direct object, while se remarier describes that person's own new marriage.

Opposites

  • rester célibatairestay singleverb

Related words

  • remariageremarriagenoun
  • remariéremarriedadjective

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