réchauffé

noun

A dish of food that has been reheated.

“F. W. H. Myers It is merely a réchauffé of ancient philosophies.”

OriginFrench réchauffé →
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Meanings

nounréchauffé (plural réchauffés)

plural réchauffés · alternative rechauffe

  1. A dish of food that has been reheated.
  2. figurativelySomething made up from old material; a rehash.

    F. W. H. Myers It is merely a réchauffé of ancient philosophies.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rehash

Origin

  1. Frenchréchauffé
  2. Frenchréchauffé
  3. Englishréchauffé

Borrowed from French réchauffé (“reheated”).

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APA

réchauffé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/r%C3%A9chauff%C3%A9

MLA

“réchauffé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/r%C3%A9chauff%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “réchauffé,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/r%C3%A9chauff%C3%A9.

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