French word

repartir

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁəpaʁtiʁ/

Meaning

  • verbset off again

Example

Après le déjeuner, elle repart.

After lunch, she sets off again.

Illustration for repartir (set off again)

More examples

Après la réunion, ils repartent de plus belle.

After the meeting, they set off again with renewed vigor.

Core concept

A halted journey starts moving again from the place where it stopped.

Common phrases

  • repartir de plus belle

    set off again with renewed vigor

  • repartir à l'instant

    set off again at once

Similar words

partir: To go away from a place and set off.
se remettre en route: To get moving again after being temporarily stopped.
reprendre: To begin an interrupted action or piece of work again.

Definition in French

Commencer à se déplacer de nouveau depuis l'endroit où l'on était arrêté.

Word origin

Repartir combines the repetition prefix re- with partir, a verb descended from Latin partire and associated with leaving or setting out.

Usage tips

  • In the movement sense, repartir uses être in the passé composé, as in elle est repartie après le déjeuner.

Other meanings

  • leaveverb

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