French word

replacer

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁəplase/

Meaning

  • verbput back

Example

Peux-tu replacer le vase sur la table ?

Can you put the vase back on the table?

Illustration for replacer (put back)

More examples

N'oublie pas de replacer les livres sur l'étagère.

Don't forget to put the books back on the shelf.

Core concept

A moved object being guided back into the spot it originally occupied.

Common phrases

  • replacer le vase

    put the vase back

  • replacer à sa place

    put back in its place

  • replacer les livres

    put the books back

Similar words

remettre: Return an item to its original place after removing or moving it.
mettre: Put an object in a specified place or position.
poser: Set an object down gently on a level surface.
ranger: Organize an item by putting it in its proper place.

Definition in French

Remettre un objet à son emplacement d'origine, en général après l'avoir déplacé temporairement.

Word origin

Replacer combines re- meaning 'again' or 'back' with placer, which comes from Old French place and ultimately from Latin platea.

Usage tips

  • Like other -cer verbs, replacer uses ç before a or o in forms such as nous replaçons.

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