repère

See also: repere and repéré

French

Etymology

Initially, a variant spelling of repaire; then linked to Latin reperiō (“to find”), which caused the etymological link between it and its doublet to be lost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pɛʁ/
• Homophone: repaire

Noun

repère m (plural repères)

1. marker, (reference) mark
2. landmark
3. reference point

Derived terms

• point de repère

Further reading

• “repère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.