Dictionary

renaissance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌɹɛnəˈsɑns/ (Canada, General-American)
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• /ˌɹɛnəˈsɒ̃(n)s/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹəˈneɪsɒ̃(n)s/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Meanings

1. A rebirth or revival.
   • The news of her death is shocking, in part, because she was in the midst of a late-career renaissance. It seemed possible that we would see her continue to play some of these characters, not to mention a raft of new ones, for another generation. 2026 January 30, Judy Berman, “Catherine O’Hara Portrayed the Vain and Delusional With a Radical Lack of Vanity”, in TIME, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026:
   • Digital upstarts like Buzzfeed and The Verge are relying on “long-form” editors to create big features. Heralding “a coming renaissance of long-form journalism,” the twitchy news site Politico hired away the editor in chief of Foreign Policy magazine last summer to commission writerly, deeply reported stories. 2013 December 12, James Bennet, “Against 'Long-Form Journalism'”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2014, retrieved 23 Jul 2026:
   • On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'. 1981, Anouar Abdel-Malek, Social Dialectics: Nation and Revolution, page 13:
2. (alt-of, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance.
   alt of Renaissance

Forms

Deriveds

greynaissance · renaissance man

Translations (24)

pl odrodzenie (rebirth or revival) · az dirçəliş (rebirth or revival) · gd ath-bheothachadh (rebirth or revival) · ceb pagkabalik (rebirth or revival) · uk відро́дження (rebirth or revival) · lij rinascimento (rebirth or revival) · ca renaixement (rebirth or revival) · it rinascimento (rebirth or revival) · nb renessanse (rebirth or revival) · hu újjászületés (rebirth or revival) · de Wiedergeburt (rebirth or revival) · fi uudestisyntyminen (rebirth or revival) · bg възраждане (rebirth or revival) · mk пре́родба (rebirth or revival) · be адраджэ́нне (rebirth or revival) · vi phục hưng (rebirth or revival) · ru возрожде́ние (rebirth or revival) · es renacimiento (rebirth or revival) · ta மறுமலர்ச்சி (rebirth or revival) · nn renessanse (rebirth or revival) · fi jälleensyntyminen (rebirth or revival) · da renæssance (rebirth or revival) · pl renesans (rebirth or revival) · cmn 復興 /复兴 (rebirth or revival)