Polyglot Dictionary

retrouvailles

/ʁə.tʁu.vaj/

la noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. the joy of being reunited with someone after a long separation (used only in the plural)

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

French has one word for the specific happiness of a reunion after time apart — English just says "reunion," which loses that emotional warmth.

Practice

1 What does retrouvailles mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les ___ avec mes amis d'enfance m'ont rendu très heureux.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches retrouvailles?

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