remise
English
Etymology
From Old French remise.
Noun
remise (plural remises)
- (music) The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
- (fencing) A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
- (historical) A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
- 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
- […] this technique implied the existence of garages specializing in "stage-automobile" operations, but I never could discover the remises he used
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- 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
- (historical) A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cooper to this entry?)
Verb
remise (third-person singular simple present remises, present participle remising, simple past and past participle remised)
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.miz/
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Noun
remise f (plural remises)
Etymology 2
From the verb remiser.
Verb
remise
Further reading
- “remise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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