Meanings
present singular third person retiles · participle present retiling · participle past retiled · past retiled
- transitiveTo tile again; to replace with new tiles
They will have gardens with fountains and fish ponds and wisteria vines as thick as trees that the previous owner has braided like hair. Pony will paint all their furniture pale yellow and pale green and rose with flowers and fruit designs and retile their kitchens with bits of broken china.
1996, Francesca Lia Block, Pixie and Pony
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
- Latintēgula
- Proto-Germanic*tigulǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*tigulā
- Old Englishtiġele
- Middle Englishtile
- Englishtile
- Englishretile
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Cite this entry
retile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retile
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