French word

revisiter

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁəvizite/

Meaning

  • verbrevisit

Example

Je vais revisiter ce musée demain.

I am going to revisit this museum tomorrow.

Illustration for revisiter (revisit)

More examples

Après la rénovation, nous allons revisiter l'appartement.

After the renovation, we are going to revisit the apartment.

Core concept

A second look at a known place, creation, or thought that reveals another perspective.

Common phrases

  • revisiter un musée

    revisit a museum

  • revisiter la ville

    revisit the city

  • revisiter l'appartement

    revisit the apartment

Similar words

revoir: To look at something once more.
visiter: To go to a place or building for an inside tour.
retourner: To go back to a place.
réviser: To revise a plan or document by reviewing and correcting its content.

Definition in French

Aller de nouveau visiter un lieu ou reprendre une œuvre ou une idée pour l'examiner sous un autre angle.

Word origin

Revisiter is a French re- formation of visiter, a verb inherited through French from Latin visitare, with re- adding the meaning of doing it again.

Usage tips

  • For a person, revoir or rendre visite à is generally more idiomatic than revisiter; revisiter suits places, works, and abstract subjects.

Other meanings

  • reviewverb
  • reinterpretverb

Related words

  • revisiterevisitnoun
  • revisitérevisitedadjective

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