réfection
See also: refection
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin refectiōnem (“recovery, refection”), from reficiō (“restore, renew”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editréfection f (plural réfections)
- refection
- (linguistics) refashioning, restoration, on the basis of its etymology, of a word which has undergone phonetic erosion through regular sound laws; the word resulting from that process
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “réfection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.