🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

cours de recyclage

Pronunciation / Transliteration: koor de ruh-see-klahzh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Refresher/rɪˈfrɛʃ.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il a suivi un cours de recyclage en informatique."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A course or session designed to review and update someone's knowledge, skills, or training.

    "She took a French refresher course before traveling to Paris."
  2. 2

    Something that revives, invigorates, or provides a new supply of energy, such as a drink or snack.

    "The cold lemonade served as a welcome refresher on a hot afternoon."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'refresh', which stems from Old French 'refrhescier', combining the prefix 're-' (again) and 'fresh' (from Proto-Germanic *friskaz). The agent suffix '-er' was added in the 16th century to denote a person, thing, or course that revitalizes or restores knowledge.

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