Skip to content

restituer

return, restore

verb res-tee-tü-EH Rare
Communication Speech

Origin: Latin restituere, to set up again

Also means

reproduce (a sound or image)

Usage Note

Restituer often appears in legal or cultural-heritage contexts, as in returning looted art: restituer des œuvres volées. In audio/visual contexts it means to reproduce or play back a recording faithfully.

Examples

"Le musée a restitué les objets volés."

Natural Translation

The museum returned the stolen objects.

Explore French by topic