réduit

réduit

See also: reduït

English

Etymology

French. Doublet of redoubt.

Noun

réduit (plural réduits)

1. (military, historical, fortifications) A central or retired work within any other work.

Translations

central or retired work within any other work

Finnish: kavaljeeri (fi)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for réduit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• Trudie, erudit, rudite

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.dɥi/

• Audio (CAN)

  (file)

  (re.dzɥi)
• Rhymes: -ɥi

Participle

réduit (feminine réduite, masculine plural réduits, feminine plural réduites)

1. past participle of réduire

Verb

réduit

1. third-person singular present indicative of réduire

Noun

réduit m (plural réduits)

1. a cubbyhole
2. a recess, a nook

Synonyms

• alcôve
• niche
• recoin
• remise

Further reading

• “réduit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• érudit