rerun

Wikipedia

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

re- +‎ run

Pronunciation

• (UK, noun) IPA: /ˈɹiːɹʌn/, (verb) IPA: /ɹiːˈɹʌn/
• (US, noun) IPA: /ˈɻiɻʌn/, (verb) IPA: /ɻiˈɻʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

rerun (plural reruns)

1. (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
2. (politics) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.

Synonyms

• (television program shown after its initial presentation): repeat

Translations

television program shown after its initial presentation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重播 (cmn) (chóngbō)

• Finnish: uusinta (fi)
• French: rediffusion (fr) f, reprise (fr) f
• German: Wiederaufführung (de) f

• Hebrew: שִדּוּר חוֹזֵר (he) (shidùr-khozér) m
• Japanese: 再放送 (ja) (さいほうそう, saihōsō)
• Russian: повторный показ (ru) (povtórnyj pokáz) m, повторение (ru) (povtorénije) n, повтор (ru) (povtór) m, ретрансляция (ru) (retransljácija) f

Verb

rerun (third-person singular simple present reruns, present participle rerunning, simple past reran, past participle rerun)

1. (transitive) To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
2. (transitive) To run (a race) again.

Translations

run (a television program) again

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重播 (cmn) (chóngbō)

• French: rediffuser (fr) f
• Japanese: 再放送する (ja) (さいほうそうする, saihōsō suru)

• Romanian: relua
• Russian: ретранслировать (ru) (retranslírovatʹ), повторять трансляцию (ru) (povtorjátʹ transljáciju), повторять (ru) (povtorjátʹ) (переда́чу)

run (a race) again