Renaissance

See also: renaissance

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French Renaissance

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈneɪsəns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑːns/, /ˈɹɛnəˌzɑːns/

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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)
• Azeri: 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)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)
• 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)

• Korean: 르네상스 (ko) (reunesangseu), 문예부흥 (ko) (munyebuheung) (文藝復興 (ko))
• Lao: ຍຸກຟື້ນຟູສິນລະປະ (nyuk fư̄n fū sin la pa)
• 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 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 m
• Swedish: Renässansen c
• Tagalog: bagong-buhay, bagumbuhay
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)
• Vietnamese: Thời Phục Hưng

the period

• Afrikaans: renaissance
• Arabic: عَصْر اَلنَّهْضَة‏‎ m (ʿaṣr an-nahḍa), اَلنَّهْضَة‏‎ f (an-nahḍa)
• Armenian: Վերածնունդ (Veracnund)
• Azeri: İntibah dövrü, Renesans
• Czech: renesance (cs) f
• Esperanto: Renesanco
• Finnish: renessanssi (fi), renessanssiaika
• Georgian: რენესანსის ხანა (renesansis xana), რენესანსის პერიოდი (renesansis ṗeriodi), რენესანსის ეპოქა (renesansis eṗoka)
• German: Renaissance (de) f
• Greek: Αναγέννηση (el) f (Anagénnisi)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)
• 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 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)
• Azeri: Renesans
• Czech: renesance (cs) f, obrození n
• Finnish: renessanssi (fi)
• French: renaissance (fr) f
• German: Renaissance (de) f, Wiedergeburt (de) f
• Greek: αναγέννηση (el) f (anagénnisi)
• 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

• Azeri: Renesans
• Czech: renesanční
• Esperanto: renesanca
• Finnish: renessanssi-, renessanssin
• German: renaissancistisch (de)
• Greek: αναγεννησιακός (el) m (anagennisiakós)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)

• Italian: rinascimentale (it)
• Macedonian: ренесансен (renesánsen)
• Maltese: rinaxximentali
• Polish: renesansowy (pl)
• Portuguese: renascentista (pt)
• Slovene: renesančen
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)

relating to the style of the Renaissance

• Azeri: Renesans
• Czech: renesanční
• Esperanto: renesanca
• Finnish: renessanssityylinen
• German: renaissancistisch (de)
• Greek: αναγεννησιακός (el) m (anagennisiakós)
• Hungarian: reneszánsz (hu)

• Italian: rinascimentale (it)
• Macedonian: ренеса́нсен (renesánsen)
• Polish: renesansowy (pl)
• Portuguese: renascentista (pt)
• Slovene: renesančen
• Turkish: Rönesans (tr)

Anagrams

• Necessarian, necessarian

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from French Renaissance.

Proper noun

Renaissance ?

1. (historical) Renaissance

See also

• wedergeboorte

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German

Etymology

Borrowing from French Renaissance.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Renaissance f

1. Renaissance

Noun

Renaissance f (genitive Renaissance, plural Renaissancen)

1. renaissance

Further reading

• Renaissance in Duden online