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redux

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹiːdʌks/
  • /ɹiˈdʌks/
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  • rhymes with -ʌks
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, not-comparable, postpositional

Examples

  • After an unusually cold August, September felt like summer redux as a heatwave sent temperatures soaring.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A theme or topic that is redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin redux (“that returns”), from redūcō (“to bring back”). The word may have re-entered popular usage in the United States with the publication of the novel Rabbit Redux (1971) by John Updike, although it had previously been used in medicine, literary titles, and product names.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 回歸 /回归 (huíguī) — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • Dutch: terug van weggeweest — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • Finnish: palautettu — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • Finnish: tehty uudelleen — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • Finnish: [jonkin] paluu — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • French: de retour — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • Portuguese: revisto — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • Russian: верну́вшийся (vernúvšijsja) — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • Spanish: repetido — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited
  • Spanish: revisto — redone, restored, brought back, or revisited