renaissance

See also: Renaissance

English

Etymology

From French renaissance.

Pronunciation

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

renaissance (plural renaissances)

  1. A rebirth or revival.
    • 1981, Anouar Abdel-Malek, Social Dialectics: Nation and Revolution, page 13:
      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'.
  2. (historical) Alternative form of Renaissance

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French

Etymology

From renaître + -ance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s/, /ʁə.ne.sɑ̃s/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

renaissance f (plural renaissances)

  1. rebirth, renaissance

Descendants

  • English: Renaissance
  • German: Renaissance
  • Turkish: Rönesans

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