rebirth

English

WOTD – 22 December 2012

Etymology

re- +‎ birth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈbɜːθ/
• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈbɝθ/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

Noun

rebirth (plural rebirths)

1. Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
   • 1989, Saral Jhingran, Aspects of Hindu morality, page 35:

     A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgitā which compares the rebirth of the soul in another body to changing of clothes, […]

2. Revival, reinvigoration.
   • 2009, Richard Taruskin, Music in the Nineteenth Century:

     And it was the spread of modern nationalism in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat that mainly accounted for the nineteenth-century rebirth of the “Handelian” oratorio in Germany, where it had never thrived before, […]

3. Spiritual renewal.
   • 2000, Joseph Stoutzenberger, Celebrating Sacraments, page 132:

     The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life.

   • 2011, Chad T. Pierce, Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ, page 233:

     Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward.

Translations

reincarnation

• Armenian: վերածնունդ (hy) (veracnund)
• Belarusian: адраджэ́нне n (adradžénnje)
• Catalan: renaixement (ca) m, renaixença f
• Danish: genfødsel c, reinkarnation c
• Dutch: wedergeboorte (nl) f, reïncarnatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: renaskiĝo
• Faroese: endurføðing f
• Finnish: jälleensyntyminen
• French: renaissance (fr) f
• German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
• Greek: μετενσάρκωση (el) f (metensárkosi)
• Hebrew: תְקוּמָה
• Hindi: पुनर्जन्म (hi) (punarjanma)
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• Hungarian: újjászületés (hu)
• Japanese: 再創造 (さいそうぞう, saisōzō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjenfødelse m, reinkarnasjon m

  Nynorsk: gjenføding f, reinkarnasjon m

• Portuguese: renascimento (pt) m
• Russian: возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije), перевоплоще́ние (ru) n (perevoploščénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh m
• Spanish: renacimiento (es) m
• Turkish: ruh göçü (tr), reenkarnasyon (tr)

revival, reinvigoration

• Armenian: վերածնունդ (hy) (veracnund)
• Azerbaijani: dirçəliş
• Belarusian: адраджэ́нне n (adradžénnje)
• Catalan: renaixement (ca) m, renaixença f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 再生 (zh) (zàishēng)

• Czech: znovuzrození n
• Dutch: heropleving f, renaissance (nl) f
• Faroese: endurføðing f
• Finnish: uudestisyntyminen, jälleensyntyminen
• French: renaissance (fr) f
• German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
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• Ancient Greek: παλιγγενεσία f (palingenesía)
• Greek: αναγέννηση (el) f (anagénnisi)
• Hungarian: újjászületés (hu)
• Japanese: 再生 (ja) (さいせい, saisei)
• Polish: odrodzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: renascimento (pt) m
• Russian: возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije), оживле́ние (ru) n (oživlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: preporod (sh) m
• Spanish: renacimiento (es) m
• Turkish: yeniden doğuş

spiritual renewal

• Belarusian: адраджэ́нне n (adradžénnje)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 再生 (zh) (zàishēng)

• Dutch: wedergeboorte (nl) f
• Faroese: endurføðing f
• Finnish: uudistuminen, renessanssi (fi), uudestisyntyminen
• French: renaissance (fr) f
• German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: újjászületés (hu)
• Japanese: 再生 (ja) (さいせい, saisei)
• Portuguese: renascimento (pt) m
• Russian: возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: preporod (sh) m
• Spanish: renacimiento (es) m
• Turkish: ruh göçü (tr), yeniden doğuş, reenkarnasyon (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} rinascita (it) f
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} znovuzrodenie n
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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పునర్జన్మ (te) (punarjanma)

See also

• reborn
• reincarnation
• renaissance
• revival
• metempsychosis

Verb

rebirth (third-person singular simple present rebirths, present participle rebirthing, simple past and past participle rebirthed)

1. (transitive) To cause to be born again or spiritually renewed.

Anagrams

• birther