Renaissance

See also: renaissance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈneɪsəns/, /ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/, /ɹəˈneɪsɒ̃s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/, /ˈɹɛnəˌzɑns/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɹenɘˌsɔns/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Renaissance

1. 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; the transition from medieval to modern times.
3. Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.

Translations

14th-century revival

• Arabic: نَهْضَة‎ f (nahḍa), عَصْر اَلنَّهْضَة‎ m (ʿaṣr an-nahḍa)
• Armenian: Վերածնունդ (Veracnund)
• Azerbaijani: Renesans
• Belarusian: Адраджэ́нне n (Adradžénnje), Рэнеса́нс m (Renjesáns)
• Bulgarian: Ренесанс m (Renesans)
• Catalan: Renaixença f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文藝復興 (zh), 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 (navjāgṛti)
• 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 (Qayta örkendew däwiri)

• 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, Odrodzenie n
• Portuguese: Renascença (pt) f
• 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 (ʿaṣr 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 (navjāgṛti)
• 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, 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)

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 (navjāgṛti)
• 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.

Translations

relating to the Renaissance

• Azerbaijani: Renesans
• Bulgarian: ренесансов (renesansov)
• Czech: renesanční (cs)
• Esperanto: renesanca
• Finnish: renessanssi- (fi), renessanssin (fi)
• Galician: renacentista 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)
• Slovene: renesančen
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)

relating to the style of the Renaissance

• Azerbaijani: Renesans
• Czech: renesanční (cs)
• Esperanto: renesanca
• Finnish: renessanssityylinen
• Galician: renacentista
• 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)
• Slovene: renesančen
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)

Anagrams

• Necessarian, necessarian

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Proper noun

Renaissance ?

1. (history) Renaissance

See also

• wedergeboorte

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

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

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