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renaissance

adj · name · noun · 9 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈneɪsɒ̃(n)s/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛnəˈsɒ̃(n)s/
  • US: /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/
  • US: /ˌɹɛnəˈsɑns/
  • Australian: /ɹəˈnæɪsɔns/
  • Australian: /ˈɹenəˌsɔns/
  • Australian: /ɹəˈnæɪsəns/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɹenɘˌsɒns/
  • New-Zealand: /ɹɘˈnæɪsɒns/
  • New-Zealand: /ɹɘˈnæɪsɘns/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌɹɛnəˈsɑns/
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH2 N AH0 S AA1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to the Renaissance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A rebirth or revival.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • the Harlem Renaissance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the revival of learning and culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rebirth, Renascence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification

9

noun

Meaning 9

the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Renascence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: historic period, age

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Across languages

Translations

193 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: Renesans — relating to the Renaissance
  • Bulgarian: ренесансов (renesansov) — relating to the Renaissance
  • Czech: renesanční — relating to the Renaissance
  • Esperanto: renesanca — relating to the Renaissance
  • Finnish: renessanssi- — relating to the Renaissance
  • Finnish: renessanssin — relating to the Renaissance
  • Galician: renacentista — relating to the Renaissance
  • German: renaissancistisch — relating to the Renaissance
  • Greek: αναγεννησιακός (anagennisiakós) — relating to the Renaissance
  • Hungarian: reneszánsz — relating to the Renaissance
  • Italian: rinascimentale — relating to the Renaissance
  • Macedonian: ренеса́нсен (renesánsen) — relating to the Renaissance
  • Maltese: rinaxximentali — relating to the Renaissance
  • Polish: renesansowy — relating to the Renaissance
  • Portuguese: renascentista — relating to the Renaissance
  • Romanian: renascentist — relating to the Renaissance
  • Russian: ренессансный (renessansnyj) — relating to the Renaissance
  • Slovene: renesančen — relating to the Renaissance
  • Turkish: Rönesans — relating to the Renaissance
  • Azerbaijani: Renesans — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Czech: renesanční — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Esperanto: renesanca — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Finnish: renessanssityylinen — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Galician: renacentista — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • German: renaissancistisch — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Greek: αναγεννησιακός (anagennisiakós) — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Hungarian: reneszánsz — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Italian: rinascimentale — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Macedonian: ренеса́нсен (renesánsen) — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Polish: renesansowy — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Portuguese: renascentista — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Romanian: renascentist — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Russian: ренессансный (renessansnyj) — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Slovene: renesančen — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Turkish: Rönesans — relating to the style of the Renaissance
  • Arabic: نَهْضَة (nahḍa) — 14th-century revival
  • Arabic: عَصْر اَلنَّهْضَة (ʕaṣr an-nahḍa) — 14th-century revival
  • Armenian: Վերածնունդ (Veracnund) — 14th-century revival
  • Azerbaijani: Renesans — 14th-century revival
  • Belarusian: Адраджэ́нне (Adradžénnje) — 14th-century revival
  • Belarusian: Рэнеса́нс (Renjesáns) — 14th-century revival
  • Bulgarian: Ренесанс (Renesans) — 14th-century revival
  • Burmese: ဉာဏ်သစ်အရေးတော်ပုံ (nyansaca.re:taupum) — 14th-century revival
  • Catalan: Renaixença — 14th-century revival
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文藝復興 /文艺复兴 (Wényì Fùxīng) — 14th-century revival
  • Czech: renesance — 14th-century revival
  • Dutch: Renaissance — 14th-century revival
  • Esperanto: Renesanco — 14th-century revival
  • Finnish: renessanssi — 14th-century revival
  • French: Renaissance — 14th-century revival
  • Galician: renacemento — 14th-century revival
  • Georgian: რენესანსი (renesansi) — 14th-century revival
  • Georgian: აღორძინება (aɣorʒineba) — 14th-century revival
  • German: Renaissance — 14th-century revival
  • Greek: Αναγέννηση (Anagénnisi) — 14th-century revival
  • Gujarati: નવજાગૃતિ (navjāgŕti) — 14th-century revival
  • Hindi: पुनर्जागरण (punarjāgraṇ) — 14th-century revival
  • Hungarian: reneszánsz — 14th-century revival
  • Icelandic: endurreisnarstefna — 14th-century revival
  • Indonesian: Renaisans — 14th-century revival
  • Irish: Áthbhreithniú — 14th-century revival
  • Irish: An Athbheochan — 14th-century revival
  • Italian: Rinascimento — 14th-century revival
  • Japanese: 文芸復興 (bungeifukkō) — 14th-century revival
  • Japanese: ルネサンス (runesansu) — 14th-century revival
  • Japanese: ルネッサンス (runessansu) — 14th-century revival
  • Kazakh: Ренессанс (Renessans) — 14th-century revival
  • Kazakh: Қайта өркендеу дәуірі (Qaita örkendeu däuırı) — 14th-century revival
  • Korean: 르네상스 (reunesangseu) — 14th-century revival
  • Korean: 문예부흥 (munyebuheung) — 14th-century revival
  • Lao: ຍຸກຟື້ນຟູສິນລະປະ (nyuk fư̄n fū sin la pa) — 14th-century revival
  • Latin: Renascentia litterarum — 14th-century revival
  • Macedonian: ренеса́нса (renesánsa) — 14th-century revival
  • Macedonian: пре́родба (prérodba) — 14th-century revival
  • Malay: Renaisans — 14th-century revival
  • Malay: Pembaharuan — 14th-century revival
  • Maltese: Rinaxximent — 14th-century revival
  • Norman: R'naîssance — 14th-century revival
  • Norwegian Bokmål: renessansen — 14th-century revival
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: renessansen — 14th-century revival
  • Persian: رنسانس (ronesâns) — 14th-century revival
  • Polish: renesans — 14th-century revival
  • Polish: Renesans — 14th-century revival
  • Polish: odrodzenie — 14th-century revival
  • Polish: Odrodzenie — 14th-century revival
  • Portuguese: Renascença — 14th-century revival
  • Portuguese: Renascimento — 14th-century revival
  • Romanian: Renaștere — 14th-century revival
  • Romanian: Renașterea — 14th-century revival
  • Russian: Ренесса́нс (Rɛnɛssáns) — 14th-century revival
  • Russian: Возрожде́ние (Vozroždénije) — 14th-century revival
  • Russian: эпо́ха Возрожде́ния (epóxa Vozroždénija) — 14th-century revival
  • Slovene: renesansa — 14th-century revival
  • Spanish: Renacimiento — 14th-century revival
  • Swedish: Renässansen — 14th-century revival
  • Tagalog: bagong-buhay — 14th-century revival
  • Tagalog: bagumbuhay — 14th-century revival
  • Tamil: மறுமலர்ச்சி (maṟumalarcci) — 14th-century revival
  • Thai: สมัยฟื้นฟูศิลปวิทยา — 14th-century revival
  • Turkish: Rönesans — 14th-century revival
  • Ukrainian: Відро́дження (Vidródžennja) — 14th-century revival
  • Ukrainian: Ренеса́нс (Renesáns) — 14th-century revival
  • Vietnamese: Phục Hưng — 14th-century revival
  • Afrikaans: renaissance — the period
  • Arabic: عَصْر اَلنَّهْضَة (ʕaṣr an-nahḍa) — the period
  • Arabic: اَلنَّهْضَة (an-nahḍa) — the period
  • Armenian: Վերածնունդ (Veracnund) — the period
  • Azerbaijani: İntibah dövrü — the period
  • Azerbaijani: Renesans — the period
  • Czech: renesance — the period
  • Esperanto: Renesanco — the period
  • Finnish: renessanssi — the period
  • Finnish: renessanssiaika — the period
  • Galician: Renacemento — the period
  • Georgian: რენესანსის ხანა (renesansis xana) — the period
  • Georgian: რენესანსის პერიოდი (renesansis ṗeriodi) — the period
  • Georgian: რენესანსის ეპოქა (renesansis eṗoka) — the period
  • German: Renaissance — the period
  • Greek: Αναγέννηση (Anagénnisi) — the period
  • Gujarati: નવજાગૃતિ (navjāgŕti) — the period
  • Hungarian: reneszánsz — the period
  • Icelandic: endurreisn — the period
  • Indonesian: Renaisans — the period
  • Indonesian: Abad Pembaharuan — the period
  • Irish: An Athbheochan — the period
  • Italian: Rinascimento — the period
  • Japanese: ルネサンス (runesansu) — the period
  • Japanese: ルネッサンス (runessansu) — the period
  • Macedonian: ренеса́нса (renesánsa) — the period
  • Macedonian: пре́родба (prérodba) — the period
  • Maltese: Rinaxximent — the period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: renessansen — the period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: renessansen — the period
  • Polish: renesans — the period
  • Polish: Renesans — the period
  • Polish: odrodzenie — the period
  • Polish: Odrodzenie — the period
  • Portuguese: Renascença — the period
  • Russian: эпо́ха Возрожде́ния (epóxa Vozroždénija) — the period
  • Slovene: renesansa — the period
  • Sotho: tsoseletso — the period
  • Spanish: renacimiento — the period
  • Swedish: Renässansen — the period
  • Turkish: Rönesans — the period
  • Azerbaijani: dirçəliş — rebirth or revival
  • Belarusian: адраджэ́нне (adradžénnje) — rebirth or revival
  • Bulgarian: възраждане (vǎzraždane) — rebirth or revival
  • Catalan: renaixement — rebirth or revival
  • Cebuano: pagkabalik — rebirth or revival
  • Chinese Mandarin: 復興 /复兴 (fùxīng) — rebirth or revival
  • Danish: renæssance — rebirth or revival
  • German: Wiedergeburt — rebirth or revival
  • Hungarian: újjászületés — rebirth or revival
  • Italian: rinascimento — rebirth or revival
  • Ligurian: rinascimento — rebirth or revival
  • Macedonian: пре́родба (prérodba) — rebirth or revival
  • Norwegian Bokmål: renessanse — rebirth or revival
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: renessanse — rebirth or revival
  • Polish: odrodzenie — rebirth or revival
  • Polish: renesans — rebirth or revival
  • Russian: возрожде́ние (vozroždénije) — rebirth or revival
  • Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh — rebirth or revival
  • Spanish: renacimiento — rebirth or revival
  • Tamil: மறுமலர்ச்சி (maṟumalarcci) — rebirth or revival
  • Ukrainian: відро́дження (vidródžennja) — rebirth or revival
  • Vietnamese: phục hưng — rebirth or revival
  • Afrikaans: hergeboorte — any similar revival
  • Armenian: վերածնունդ (veracnund) — any similar revival
  • Azerbaijani: Renesans — any similar revival
  • Czech: renesance — any similar revival
  • Czech: obrození — any similar revival
  • Finnish: renessanssi — any similar revival
  • French: renaissance — any similar revival
  • Galician: renacemento — any similar revival
  • German: Renaissance — any similar revival
  • German: Wiedergeburt — any similar revival
  • Greek: αναγέννηση (anagénnisi) — any similar revival
  • Gujarati: નવજાગૃતિ (navjāgŕti) — any similar revival
  • Hungarian: reneszánsz — any similar revival
  • Italian: rinascimento — any similar revival
  • Italian: rinascenza — any similar revival
  • Macedonian: пре́родба (prérodba) — any similar revival
  • Polish: renesans — any similar revival
  • Polish: odrodzenie — any similar revival
  • Portuguese: renascença — any similar revival
  • Russian: возрожде́ние (vozroždénije) — any similar revival
  • Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh — any similar revival
  • Slovene: renesansa — any similar revival
  • Sotho: tsoseletso — any similar revival
  • Spanish: renacimiento — any similar revival
  • Turkish: Rönesans — any similar revival
  • Ukrainian: Відро́дження (Vidródžennja) — any similar revival
  • Ukrainian: Ренеса́нс (Renesáns) — any similar revival
Real reading context

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