What does recommencer in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word recommencer in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use recommencer in French.

The word recommencer in French means start again, begin again, take up again, pick up again, start again, begin again, start to do again, start doing again, Don't you dare start again!, start from scratch, start again from scratch, start over. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word recommencer

start again, begin again

verbe transitif (refaire)

L'élève a recommencé le travail mal fait.
The pupil started the badly done work again.

take up again, pick up again

verbe transitif (reprendre)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Je recommence l'étude de l'anglais après 15 ans sans en faire.
I'm picking up studying English again after fifteen years without doing any.

start again, begin again

verbe intransitif (reprendre)

Après l'accalmie, la pluie recommence.
After the lull, the rain starts again.

start to do again, start doing again

locution verbale (reprendre)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Il recommence à pleuvoir. Je crois que ce n'est pas aujourd'hui que nous allons pouvoir pique-niquer !

Don't you dare start again!

interjection (Ne recommence pas !)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")

start from scratch, start again from scratch

locution verbale (reprendre au début) (informal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Nous avons dû manquer quelque chose, recommençons à zéro !

start over

locution verbale (vie : prendre un nouveau départ) (informal)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
À 40 ans, Luc a décidé de recommencer à zéro en devenant ébéniste.

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