retracer

From retrace +‎ -er.

retracer (plural retracers)

1. One who retraces.

re- +‎ tracer.

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retracer

1. (transitive) to recount, to tell

   Synonym: raconter

   retracer les glorieux exploits d’un héros

   to recount a hero's glorious exploits

2. (transitive) to redraw, to draw again

   Ce dessin n’est pas bien tracé, il faut le retracer.

   This picture is not drawn well, it needs to be redrawn.

   Tout le retrace à mes yeux.

   Everything reminds me of it.

   (literally, “Everything redraws it to my eyes.”)

3. (reflexive) to remember

   Synonym: se rappeler

   Je m’en retrace parfaitement bien l’image.

   I remember its image perfectly well.

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

• “retracer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.