remise

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an expensive or high-class hackney
  2. noun a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
  3. noun (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).

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