réfection
See also: refection
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin refectiō (“recovery, refection”), from reficiō (“restore, renew”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.fɛk.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
réfection 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
- réfectionner
See also
- relatinisation
Further reading
- “réfection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.