réfléchir

Meaning

1. to reflect
2. to reflect, to manifest, to show
3. to ponder, to reflect
4. to realize
5. to judge, to deem
6. to be reflected

Concepts

think

reflect

ponder

consider

meditate

think about

think over

muse

contemplate

reflect on

cogitate

judge

conceive

ruminate

reason

mull

deem

rethink

mirror

recollect

speculate

attend to

brood

cerebrate

review

recall

remember

excogitate

mull over

study

deliberate

rack one’s brains

look back

turn around

cast

project

think carefully

reflection

thinking over

pondering

thinking

look at

look

bethink

think something over

comment on

call back

call up

retrieve

chew over

intend

mean

entertain

flirt with

think of

toy with

shine

anticipate

call

envision

figure

forecast

foretell

imagine

promise

remind

cast about

ratiocinate

drink in

examine

scratch one’s head

wonder

change one’s tune

design

devise

invent

think up

understand

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.fle.ʃiʁ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reflectere and adapted to French fléchir.

Sentences

Il avait beaucoup de temps pour réfléchir .

He had plenty of time to think.