Reprenant (en. Resuming)

/ʁəpʁənɑ̃/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench
adjective
Text: Who makes a reprise or revisits something.
Text: The film is a reprise of a classic work.
Le film est un reprenant d'une œuvre classique.
Text: Who takes something back, like an idea or action.
Text: He is the keeper of family traditions.
Il est le reprenant des traditions familiales.

Etymology

Text: Derived from the verb 'reprendre', coming from the Latin 'repredere'.

Common Phrases and Expressions

Text: taking up the torch
Text: To take over, to continue a task or responsibility left by someone else.
reprenant le flambeau
Text: starting from scratch
Text: To restart completely, without keeping anything from the old.
reprenant à zéro
Text: re-establishing contact
Text: To resume a relationship or communication with someone.
reprenant contact

Related Words

Text: reprise
Text: The action of taking something back.
reprise
Text: to take back
Text: The action of taking again.
reprendre
Text: taker back
Text: A person who takes over an activity or a business.
repreneur

Slang Meanings

Text: A taker back in a music group.
Text: The taker back brought new energy to the group.
Le reprenant a apporté une nouvelle énergie au groupe.
Text: Someone who mimics the actions of another person.
Text: He is known as his father's taker back in construction.
Il est connu comme le reprenant de son père dans le bâtiment.