repère

Initially, a variant spelling of repaire; then linked to Latin reperiō (“to find”), which caused the etymological link between it and its doublet to be lost.

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pɛʁ/
• Homophone: repaire

repère m (plural repères)

1. marker, (reference) mark
2. landmark
3. reference point

• point de repère

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