relearn

/ɹiːˈləːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

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Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

"I had to relearn how to swim properly."
"Prison – as was to be relearnt by the French repeatedly in the course of the Algerian war […] – is a marvellous recruiting and training centre."

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *leys- Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e Proto-Germanic *lizanąder. Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn Old English leornian Middle English lernen English learn English relearn From re- + learn.

relearns (present, singular) relearning (participle, present) relearned (participle, past) relearned (past) relearnt (participle, past) relearnt (past)

relearner

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Questions

How do you pronounce relearn?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹiːˈləːn/.

What does relearn mean?

To learn (something) again.

Where does relearn come from?

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