noun
Meaning 1
A new version of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reboot, re-creation
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
remake
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɹiːˈmeɪk/
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rē'māk
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/ˈɹiːmeɪk/
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rhymes with -eɪk
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rēmāk'
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CMU ARPABET: R IY1 M EY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I haven't seen the original film, but the remake was great.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To make again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: re-create, redo
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The director wanted to remake some of his favourite films from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
creation that is created again or anew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it is a remake of an old film
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: remaking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creation
verb
Meaning 6
make new
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She is remaking her image
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: refashion, redo, make over
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: produce, make, create
Narrower terms: recast, reforge, remodel
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English make English remake From re- + make.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преработка (prerabotka) — new version of something
- Finnish: uusi versio — new version of something
- Finnish: uusintaversio — new version of something
- French: copie — new version of something
- French: remake — new version of something
- Hungarian: új verzió — new version of something
- Hungarian: feldolgozás — new version of something
- Macedonian: прера́ботка (prerábotka) — new version of something
- Russian: перерабо́тка (pererabótka) — new version of something
- Spanish: nueva versión — new version of something
- Spanish: versión nueva — new version of something
- Spanish: remake — new version of something
- Spanish: rehacimiento — new version of something
- Ukrainian: переро́бка (pereróbka) — new version of something
- Bulgarian: риме́йк (riméjk) — new version of film
- Chinese Mandarin: 重製 /重制 (chóngzhì) — new version of film
- Chinese Mandarin: 重置 (chóngzhì) — new version of film
- Czech: remake — new version of film
- Dutch: remake — new version of film
- Esperanto: refilmado — new version of film
- Finnish: uusintaversio — new version of film
- Finnish: uusi versio — new version of film
- Finnish: uudelleenfilmatisointi — new version of film
- French: remake — new version of film
- French: reprise — new version of film
- German: Remake — new version of film
- German: Neuverfilmung — new version of film
- Greek: ριμέικ (riméik) — new version of film
- Italian: remake — new version of film
- Japanese: リメイク (rimeiku) — new version of film
- Korean: 리메이크 (rimeikeu) — new version of film
- Macedonian: ри́мејк (rímejk) — new version of film
- Macedonian: прера́ботка (prerábotka) — new version of film
- Marathi: रीमेक (rīmek) — new version of film
- Polish: remake — new version of film
- Portuguese: remake — new version of film
- Portuguese: refilmagem — new version of film
- Russian: риме́йк (rimɛ́jk) — new version of film
- Serbo-Croatian: римејк — new version of film
- Serbo-Croatian: rimejk — new version of film
- Serbo-Croatian: remake — new version of film
- Swedish: nyinspelning — new version of film
- Bulgarian: преправям (prepravjam) — to make again
- Esperanto: refari — to make again
- Esperanto: refarigi — to make again
- Finnish: tehdä uudelleen — to make again
- French: refaire — to make again
- Italian: rifare — to make again
- Macedonian: пре́прави (prépravi) — to make again
- Portuguese: refazer — to make again
- Russian: де́лать за́ново (délatʹ zánovo) — to make again
- Russian: переде́лывать (peredélyvatʹ) — to make again
- Spanish: rehacer — to make again
- Hungarian: új verzióban elkészít — to make an enhanced remake of
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