French vocab - R

le requin (marteau)

(hammerhead) shark

réapprovisionner, remplir

to (re)stock up

reculer

to withdraw, back up, recoil, go back

une rambarde

guardrail, barrier

se répandre en

to pour out (eg troubles)

un ruisseau

small river, stream

rendre qch à qqn

to hand sth in to sb

rester

to be left over

la rédaction

essay, writing

les revenus

income, earnings

un revers

lapel

réussir à faire

to manage to do

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rêvasser

to daydream

une reverie

a daydream

régler

to settle, resolve, pay

le rechauffement climatique

global warming

des ragots

gossip

les revenants

spirits, ghosts, phantoms

le reliquat

rest, remainder

ramasser

to pick up (from the floor)

la robe

dress

le roturier, la roturière

commoner

ramper

to grovel, creep, crawl

le régime (vegan)

(vegan) diet

rappeler

to bring to mind

ravir qch à qqn

to rob sth from sb

le ravisseur

kidnapper

répartir

to share

la ruelle

alleyway

le rhume des foins

hayfever

un renard

fox

se repérer

to get one's bearings, find one's way around, notice

rude

rough, harsh, course

répondre de faire

to undertake, guarantee, to answer for

le ragoût

stew

un ressort

a spring

recéler

to conceal

un rond-point

a roundabout

un rouge-gorge

a robin

la roche

sedimentary/volcanic rock

le rocher

big stone, boulder

résonner

to echo

le réverbère

lamppost

raser

to shave

roux/rousse

red-haired

rouillé(e)

rusty

ramer

to row, paddle

récidiver

to reoffend, commit a repeat offence, do it again

rustre

boor

raviver

to rekindle, revive, bring back, brighten up

reprendre haleine

to catch your breath

la redingote

fitted coat (for women), frock coat (for men [old-fashioned])

le roseau (les roseaux)

reed

le rez-de-chaussée

first floor

ronronner

to purr

rattraper

to recapture, catch up with, make up for

la recrudescence (être en recrudescence)

fresh outbreak

la récolte (les récoltes)

harvest (crops)

radin

stingy, cheap (as person)

repérer / se repérer

to spot / find one’s way around

roder

to run sth in

repartir à zéro

to start again from scratch

la rentrée des classes

start of the school year

relou

annoying (informal)

rancunier/ère

grudge-holding

raccrocher qch à/sur 

to hang sth back up 

raccrocher le téléphone

to put the phone down

un rhume

a cold

la rage —> être atteint de la rage 

rabies —> to have rabies 

ras(e)

short

râper

to grate

renfrogné(e)

sullen 

le rémouleur

grinder

les rognons (m) de veau/d’agneau/de porc

veal/lamb/pork kidneys

rogner 

to cut down or back on sth, to clip or trim 

se raser

to shave (reflexive) [also duplicate]

(monter) à reculons

(to go up) backwards

rétorquer à qqn que

to retort to sb that

raffoler de qch

to be crazy about sth, adore

rabaisser qqn

to bring someone down (verbally)

recracher 

to spit out

le rouleau à patisserie

rolling pin

reprocher à qqn

to blame sb

la rangée 

a row

le recoin

nook

le repaire

lair

rétrograder

to relegate, change down, shift into low gear (driving)

racler

to scrape/off/against

ressasser

to keep turning/doing sth again and again

le rez-de-chaussée

the ground floor

ratisser les feuilles

to rake the leaves

se rebattre sur

to fall back on sth

le réveillon de Noël

Christmas Eve

se réjouir de qq ch / de faire

to be delighted about sth / to do sth

raffoler de qq ch

to love sth / sb to the point of madness, be obsessed

le renne

reindeer

rétorquer à qqn

to retort / reply to sb

les restes

leftovers

la remorque

trailer (of a car)