rentrée
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rentrée f (plural rentrées)
- return (the act of returning)
- (education, administration) the return to school or work after a vacation (usually the summer break); start of the school year
- Dans 5 jours, c’est la rentrée. ― It's back to school in 5 days.
- 2015, William Edmiston, Annie Dumenil, La France contemporaine, Cengage Learning, →ISBN:
- Pour les jeunes, c’est la rentrée scolaire: beaucoup de parents accompagnent leurs jeunes enfants à l’école le jour de la rentrée des classes, et les patrons sont encouragés à leur accorder cette possibilité.
- For children, it is the start of the new school year: many parents accompany their young children to school on the first day back, and bosses are encouraged to allow them to do so.
Coordinate terms edit
- (start of the school year): relâche
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: rentrée
Participle edit
rentrée f sg
Further reading edit
- “rentrée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
rentrée f (invariable)
- return (typically of an artist who has been absent for some time)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French rentrée.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rentrée f (plural rentrées)
- (education, administration) the return to school or work after a recess (usually the summer break)