different between repaper vs repayer

English

Etymology

re- +? paper

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?p?(r)

Verb

repaper (third-person singular simple present repapers, present participle repapering, simple past and past participle repapered)

1. (transitive) To apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.

Anagrams

• paperer, prepare

English

Etymology

repay +? -er

Noun

repayer (plural repayers)

1. One who repays.

Anagrams

• Pereyra

French

Etymology

re- +? payer

Verb

repayer

1. to pay again

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Derived terms

• repayeur

Further reading

• “repayer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).