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repaint

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹiːˈpeɪnt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rēʹpānt
  • /ˈɹiːpeɪnt/
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  • rhymes with -eɪnt
  • rē-pāntʹ
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 P EY1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They didn't like the color so we had to do a repaint.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of drawing or rendering again on the display.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To draw or render again on the display.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

paint again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce
  • He repainted the same scenery many times during his life

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paint

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin pictus Vulgar Latin *pinctus French peint Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French peintierder. Middle English peynten English paint English repaint From re- + paint (“verb”).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: repintar — to paint again
  • Czech: přemalovat — to paint again
  • French: repeindre — to paint again
  • German: neu streichen — to paint again
  • Hungarian: újrafest — to paint again
  • Interlingua: repinger — to paint again
  • Italian: ridipingere — to paint again
  • Polish: przemalowywać — to paint again
  • Polish: przemalować — to paint again
  • Russian: перекра́шивать (perekrášivatʹ) — to paint again
  • Russian: перекра́сить (perekrásitʹ) — to paint again
  • Spanish: repintar — to paint again
  • Ukrainian: перефарбо́вувати (perefarbóvuvaty) — to paint again
  • Ukrainian: перефарбува́ти (perefarbuváty) — to paint again
  • Welsh: ailbeintio — to paint again