Skip to content

remède

remedy, cure

noun reh-MED Less Common
Body & Health Medicine

Origin: Latin 'remedium'

Usage Note

remède is used both literally (un remède contre la toux, a cough remedy) and figuratively (un remède à l'ennui, a cure for boredom). The idiom remède de bonne femme refers to an old wives' remedy or folk cure. The related verb remédier à means to remedy or address a problem.

Examples

"Ce remède soulage la douleur."

Natural Translation

This remedy relieves the pain.

Free starter pack

Building your French vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common French words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore French by topic