reconstruire
French → English
(architecture) To rebuild: to construct again something that was demolished or destroyed
Le château a été reconstruit sur l'emplacement d'une ancienne forteresse.
(English) The castle was rebuilt on the site of an old fortress.
Après l'incendie, ils ont dû reconstruire entièrement leur maison.
(English) After the fire, they had to entirely rebuild their house.
(cognitive) To reconstruct: to mentally reassemble a sequence of events or reasoning
L'enquêteur tente de reconstruire le déroulement du crime par la pensée.
(English) The investigator is trying to mentally reconstruct the sequence of the crime.
Le linguiste a pu reconstruire la forme ancienne de ce mot latin.
(English) The linguist was able to reconstruct the ancient form of this Latin word.
Entry ID: fr:en:reconstruire · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary