rename

English

Etymology

re- +‎ name

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

Verb

1. (transitive) To give a new name to.

Synonyms

• rebaptise (Commonwealth), rebaptize (US)
• rechristen

Translations

to give a new name to

• Armenian: վերանվանել (veranvanel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重命名 (chóngmìngmíng), 重新命名 (chóngxīn mìngmíng), 改名 (zh) (gǎimíng), 改稱／改称 (zh) (gǎichēng), 改称 (zh) (gǎichēng)

• Czech: přejmenovat
• Dutch: hernoemen (nl)
• Esperanto: renomi
• Finnish: nimetä uudelleen, uudelleennimetä
• French: renommer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: umbenennen (de), umtaufen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: átnevez, átkeresztel (hu)
• Irish: athainmnigh
• Italian: rinominare, ribattezzare
• Japanese: 改名する (ja) (かいめいする, kaimei suru), 改称する (ja) (かいしょうする, kaishō suru)
• Norwegian: omnavne, gi nytt navn
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} بازنامیدن (bâznâmidan)
• Polish: przemianować
• Portuguese: renomear (pt), alterar nome
• Russian: переимено́вывать (ru) impf (pereimenóvyvatʹ), переименова́ть (ru) pf (pereimenovátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-ainmich

Noun

rename (plural renames)

1. An instance of renaming.
   • 2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, page 70:

     warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:

     bar

     quux

Anagrams

• meaner, remean