Renaissance

See also: renaissance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/, /ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/, /ɹəˈneɪsɒ̃(n)s/, /ˌɹɛnəˈsɒ̃(n)s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/, /ˌɹɛnəˈsɑns/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈnæɪsɔns/, /ˈɹenəˌsɔns/, /ɹəˈnæɪsəns/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɹenɘˌsɒns/, /ɹɘˈnæɪsɒns/, /ɹɘˈnæɪsɘns/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

the Renaissance

1. (historical) The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.
2. The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.

Derived terms

• Neo-Renaissance
• Renaissance Revival
• Renaissancey

 

Translations

14th-century revival

• Arabic: نَهْضَة f (nahḍa), عَصْر اَلنَّهْضَة m (ʕaṣr an-nahḍa)
• Armenian: Վերածնունդ (Veracnund)
• Azerbaijani: Renesans
• Belarusian: Адраджэ́нне n (Adradžénnje), Рэнеса́нс m (Renjesáns)
• Bulgarian: Ренесанс m (Renesans)
• Burmese: ဉာဏ်သစ်အရေးတော်ပုံ (nyansaca.re:taupum)
• Catalan: Renaixença f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文藝復興／文艺复兴 (zh) (Wényì Fùxīng)

• Czech: renesance (cs) f
• Dutch: Renaissance (nl) f
• Esperanto: Renesanco
• Finnish: renessanssi (fi)
• French: Renaissance (fr) f
• Galician: renacemento (gl) m
• Georgian: რენესანსი (renesansi), აღორძინება (aɣorʒineba)
• German: Renaissance (de) f
• Greek: Αναγέννηση (el) f (Anagénnisi)
• Gujarati: નવજાગૃતિ (navjāgŕti)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)
• Icelandic: endurreisnarstefna (is) f
• Indonesian: Renaisans
• Irish: Áthbhreithniú m, An Athbheochan f
• Italian: Rinascimento (it) m
• Japanese: 文芸復興 (ぶんげいふっこう, bungeifukkō), 　ルネサンス (ja) (runesansu), ルネッサンス (ja) (runessansu)
• Kazakh: Ренессанс (Renessans), Қайта өркендеу дәуірі (Qaita örkendeu däuırı)
• Korean: 르네상스 (ko) (reunesangseu), 문예부흥(文藝復興) (ko) (munyebuheung)
• Lao: ຍຸກຟື້ນຟູສິນລະປະ (nyuk fư̄n fū sin la pa)
• Latin: Renascentia litterarum f
• Macedonian: ренеса́нса f (renesánsa), пре́родба f (prérodba)
• Malay: Renaisans
• Maltese: Rinaxximent
• Norman: R'naîssance f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: renessansen m

  Nynorsk: renessansen m

• Persian: رنسانس (fa) (ronesâns)
• Polish: renesans (pl) m, Renesans (pl) m, odrodzenie (pl) n, Odrodzenie n
• Portuguese: Renascença (pt) f, Renascimento (pt) m
• Romanian: Renaștere f, Renașterea
• Russian: Ренесса́нс (ru) m (Rɛnɛssáns), Возрожде́ние (ru) n (Vozroždénije), эпо́ха Возрожде́ния f (epóxa Vozroždénija)
• Slovene: renesansa (sl) f
• Spanish: Renacimiento (es) m
• Swedish: Renässansen c
• Tagalog: bagong-buhay, bagumbuhay
• Thai: สมัยฟื้นฟูศิลปวิทยา
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)
• Ukrainian: Відро́дження (uk) n (Vidródžennja), Ренеса́нс m (Renesáns)
• Vietnamese: Phục Hưng (復興)

the period

• Afrikaans: renaissance
• Arabic: عَصْر اَلنَّهْضَة m (ʕaṣr an-nahḍa), اَلنَّهْضَة f (an-nahḍa)
• Armenian: Վերածնունդ (Veracnund)
• Azerbaijani: İntibah dövrü, Renesans
• Czech: renesance (cs) f
• Esperanto: Renesanco
• Finnish: renessanssi (fi), renessanssiaika
• Galician: Renacemento m
• Georgian: რენესანსის ხანა (renesansis xana), რენესანსის პერიოდი (renesansis ṗeriodi), რენესანსის ეპოქა (renesansis eṗoka)
• German: Renaissance (de) f
• Greek: Αναγέννηση (el) f (Anagénnisi)
• Gujarati: નવજાગૃતિ (navjāgŕti)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)
• Icelandic: endurreisn (is) f
• Irish: An Athbheochan f
• Italian: Rinascimento (it) m
• Japanese: ルネサンス (ja) (runesansu), ルネッサンス (ja) (runessansu)
• Macedonian: ренеса́нса f (renesánsa), пре́родба f (prérodba)
• Maltese: Rinaxximent
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: renessansen m

  Nynorsk: renessansen m

• Polish: renesans (pl) m, Renesans (pl) m, odrodzenie (pl) n, Odrodzenie n
• Portuguese: Renascença (pt) f
• Russian: эпо́ха Возрожде́ния f (epóxa Vozroždénija)
• Slovene: renesansa (sl) f
• Sotho: tsoseletso
• Spanish: renacimiento (es) m
• Swedish: Renässansen c
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)

Noun

Renaissance (plural Renaissances)

1. (by extension) Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.

   the Harlem Renaissance

   • 1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Gelernter believes that computers and their mirror-world capabilities will usher in a Renaissance of the human spirit.

   • 2018, Kristian Kristiansen, “Theorizing Trade and Civilization”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Thomas Lindkvist, Janken Myrdal, editors, Trade and Civilisation: Economic Networks and Cultural Ties, from Prehistory to the Early Modern Era, Cambridge, Cambs.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 18–19:

     Out of every Dark Age there emerged new Renaissances of civilization (Goody 2010; Modelski 2007), and over time they expanded the boundaries of civilization leading to the formation of new empires such as the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman empires in the west, and similar new empires in east and south-east Asia (China and later empires in Burma, Korea, and Japan), Africa (the Bantu), and south America (the Incas).

   • 2023 July 10, Rachel Wetzler, “The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance”, in The New York Times Styles Magazine‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance [title]

   • 2023 November 25, Richard Waters, John Thornhill, quoting Yann LeCun, “Tech's philosophical rift over AI”, in FT Weekend, Big Read, page 6:

     Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, recently said it was “preposterous” to believe that an AI could threaten humanity. Rather, intelligent machines would stimulate a second Renaissance in learning and help us tackle climate change and cure diseases.

Derived terms

• Harlem Renaissance
• Wrenaissance

 

Translations

any similar revival

• Afrikaans: hergeboorte
• Armenian: վերածնունդ (hy) (veracnund)
• Azerbaijani: Renesans
• Czech: renesance (cs) f, obrození n
• Finnish: renessanssi (fi)
• French: renaissance (fr) f
• Galician: renacemento (gl) m
• German: Renaissance (de) f, Wiedergeburt (de) f
• Greek: αναγέννηση (el) f (anagénnisi)
• Gujarati: નવજાગૃતિ (navjāgŕti)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)
• Italian: rinascimento (it) m, rinascenza f
• Macedonian: пре́родба f (prérodba)
• Polish: renesans (pl) m, odrodzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: renascença (pt) f
• Russian: возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh m
• Slovene: renesansa (sl) f
• Sotho: tsoseletso
• Spanish: renacimiento (es) m
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)

Adjective

Renaissance (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
2. Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

Derived terms

• Renaissance fair
• Renaissance Latin
• Renaissance man

 

Translations

relating to the Renaissance

• Azerbaijani: Renesans
• Bulgarian: ренесансов (renesansov)
• Czech: renesanční (cs)
• Esperanto: renesanca
• Finnish: renessanssi- (fi), renessanssin (fi)
• Galician: renacentista (gl) m or f
• German: renaissancistisch (de)
• Greek: αναγεννησιακός (el) m (anagennisiakós)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)
• Italian: rinascimentale (it)
• Macedonian: ренеса́нсен (renesánsen)
• Maltese: rinaxximentali
• Polish: renesansowy (pl)
• Portuguese: renascentista (pt)
• Romanian: renascentist (ro)
• Russian: ренессансный (ru) (renessansnyj)
• Slovene: renesančen
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)

relating to the style of the Renaissance

• Azerbaijani: Renesans
• Czech: renesanční (cs)
• Esperanto: renesanca
• Finnish: renessanssityylinen
• Galician: renacentista (gl)
• German: renaissancistisch (de)
• Greek: αναγεννησιακός (el) m (anagennisiakós)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)
• Italian: rinascimentale (it)
• Macedonian: ренеса́нсен (renesánsen)
• Polish: renesansowy (pl)
• Portuguese: renascentista (pt)
• Romanian: renascentist (ro)
• Russian: ренессансный (ru) (renessansnyj)
• Slovene: renesančen
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)

Anagrams

• Necessarian, necessarian

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Proper noun

Renaissance ?

1. (history) Renaissance

See also

• wedergeboorte

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Renaissance f (proper noun, genitive Renaissance)

1. The Renaissance

Declension

Declension of Renaissance [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Renaissance
genitive	einer	der	Renaissance
dative	einer	der	Renaissance
accusative	eine	die	Renaissance

Derived terms

• Neorenaissance

Noun

Renaissance f (genitive Renaissance, plural Renaissancen)

1. renaissance

Declension

Declension of Renaissance [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Renaissance	die	Renaissancen
genitive	einer	der	Renaissance	der	Renaissancen
dative	einer	der	Renaissance	den	Renaissancen
accusative	eine	die	Renaissance	die	Renaissancen

Further reading

• “Renaissance” in Duden online
• “Renaissance” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache