reincarnation

See also: réincarnation

English

Etymology

From reincarnate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːɪŋkɑː(ɹ)ˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reincarnation (countable and uncountable, plural reincarnations)

1. A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

   He is believed to be the reincarnation of Jesus.

2. (uncountable) The philosophy of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs.

   Do you believe in reincarnation?

3. A fresh embodiment.
4. A new, considerably improved, version.

   a reincarnation of an old video game

Synonyms

• rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)
• (fresh embodiment): reembodiment

Derived terms

• reincarnationism
• reincarnationist

Related terms

• carnal
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnated

Translations

rebirth of a mental capacity in a physical life form

• Afrikaans: reïnkarnasie f
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: تَنَاسُخُ الأَرْوَاحِ‎ (tanāsuḵu l-ʔarwāḥi)
• Armenian: վերամարմնավորում (hy) (veramarmnavorum)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: превъплъщение (bg) n (prevǎplǎštenie)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: reencarnació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轉世／转世 (zh) (zhuǎnshì), 轉生／转生 (zh) (zhuǎnshēng), 投胎 (zh) (tóutāi)

• Czech: převtělení n
• Danish: reinkarnation c
• Dhivehi: އާތަމާލަ‎ (ātamāla)
• Dutch: reïncarnatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: reenkarniĝo
• Estonian: reinkarnatsioon
• Finnish: jälleensyntyminen, reinkarnaatio (fi)
• French: réincarnation (fr) f
• Friulian: reincarnazion f
• Galician: reencarnación (gl) f
• Georgian: რეინკარნაცია (reinḳarnacia)
• German: Wiedergeburt (de) f, Reinkarnation (de) f
• Greek: μετενσάρκωση (el) f (metensárkosi)

  Ancient: μετεμψύχωσις f (metempsúkhōsis)

• Hebrew: גִּלְגּוּל נְשָׁמוֹת‎ (he) m (gilgúl neshamót)
• Hindi: पुनर्जन्म (hi) m (punarjanma)
• Hungarian: újraszületés (hu), reinkarnáció (hu)
• Icelandic: endurholdgun
• Italian: reincarnazione (it) f
• Japanese: 転生 (ja) (てんせい, tensei, てんしょう, tenshō), 輪廻 (ja) (りんね, rinne), 生まれ変わり (ja) (うまれかわり, umarekawari)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: បដិសន្ធិ (km) (paʼdesɑnthiʼ)
• Korean: 윤회(輪迴) (ko) (yunhoe) 륜회 (ryunhoe) (North Korea)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: reincarnatio f
• Latvian: pārmiesošanās f pl, reinkarnācija f
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: penjelmaan semula
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: aaghoaill y chorp f
• Marathi: संसार (sausār)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: पुनर्जन्म (punarjanma)
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: odrodzenie (pl) n, reinkarnacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: reincarnação f
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: reîncarnare (ro) f
• Russian: перевоплоще́ние (ru) n (perevoploščénije), возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije), переселе́ние душ n (pereselénije duš), реинкарна́ция (ru) f (reinkarnácija), перерожде́ние (ru) n (pereroždénije)
• Sanskrit: संसार (sa) m (saṃsāra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: реинкарнација f, препорађање n

  Roman: reinkarnacija (sh) f, preporađanje n

• Spanish: reencarnación (es) f
• Swedish: själavandring c, reinkarnation (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagmulingsilang
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: saṃsār
• Turkish: ruh göçü (tr), reenkarnasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: реінкарна́ція f (reinkarnácija), перевті́лення n (perevtílennja)
• Welsh: ailymgnawdoliad m

idea of such a rebirth

• Dhivehi: އާތަމާލަ‎ (ātamāla)
• Finnish: sielunvaellusoppi
• German: Wiedergeburt (de) f, Reinkarnation (de) f
• Greek: μετενσάρκωση (el) f (metensárkosi)
• Hungarian: reinkarnáció (hu), újraszületés (hu)
• Portuguese: reincarnação f
• Russian: перевоплоще́ние (ru) n (perevoploščénije), возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije)
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Tagalog: pagmulingsilang
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can

fresh embodiment

• Bulgarian: прераждане n (preraždane)
• German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
• Hungarian: újjászületés (hu)
• Portuguese: reincarnação f
• Ukrainian: перевті́лення n (perevtílennja)

new, often improved, version

• Finnish: uudistuminen, muodonmuutos (fi)
• German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
• Greek: μετενσάρκωση (el) f (metensárkosi)
• Portuguese: reincarnação f
• Russian: перевоплоще́ние (ru) n (perevoploščénije), возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije)

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

• Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} භවය (si) (bhawaya)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} prevtelenie n (1), ^{(please verify)} prevteľovanie n (2)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} reinkarnation (sv)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పునర్జన్మ (te) (punarjanma) (punarjanma), ^{(please verify)} అవతారం (te) (avatāraṁ) (avatAtam)

See also

• rebirth
• transmigration

Further reading

• “reincarnation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.