rengaine

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/

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Deverbal from rengainer.

rengaine f (plural rengaines)

1. (old) tune, refrain

   toujours la même rengaine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2006, Virginie Despentes, “King Kong Girl”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 121:

     On la connaît bien, cette rengaine, celle qui fait qu'on devrait se sentir responsables de ce qui arrive.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rengaine

1. inflection of rengainer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• engainer