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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

réinterpréter

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ʁe.ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reinterpret/ˌriːɪnˈtɜːprɪt/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les artistes cherchent toujours à réinterpréter les traditions."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To interpret (something) in a new or different light, or to find a fresh meaning in a text, work of art, or event.

    "The director chose to reinterpret the classic Shakespearean play in a modern dystopian setting."
  2. 2

    To translate or explain something again or differently.

    "The historian had to reinterpret the ancient manuscript based on newly discovered archaeological findings."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix re- (meaning 'again' or 'anew') combined with interpret, which traces back to the Latin interpretari ('to explain, translate, understand'), originating from interpres ('agent, translator'). The compound verb emerged in the late 19th century to denote the act of offering a new or different understanding of something already established.

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