Standard Lemma guide

rename

noun · verb · 4 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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  • /ɹiːˈneɪm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪm
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 N EY1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An instance of renaming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To give a new name to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

assign a new name to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: name, call

4

verb

Meaning 4

name again or anew

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He was renamed Minister of the Interior

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: name, nominate, make

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name English rename From re- + name.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վերանվանել (veranvanel) — to give a new name to
  • Belarusian: пераймяно́ўваць (pjerajmjanówvacʹ) — to give a new name to
  • Belarusian: перайменава́ць (pjerajmjenavácʹ) — to give a new name to
  • Bulgarian: преименувам (preimenuvam) — to give a new name to
  • Catalan: reanomenar — to give a new name to
  • Catalan: rebatejar — to give a new name to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重命名 (chóngmìngmíng) — to give a new name to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重新命名 (chóngxīn mìngmíng) — to give a new name to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 改名 (gǎimíng) — to give a new name to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 改稱 /改称 (gǎichēng) — to give a new name to
  • Czech: přejmenovat — to give a new name to
  • Dutch: hernoemen — to give a new name to
  • Esperanto: renomi — to give a new name to
  • Finnish: nimetä uudelleen — to give a new name to
  • Finnish: uudelleennimetä — to give a new name to
  • French: renommer — to give a new name to
  • German: umbenennen — to give a new name to
  • German: umtaufen — to give a new name to
  • Hungarian: átnevez — to give a new name to
  • Hungarian: átkeresztel — to give a new name to
  • Irish: athainmnigh — to give a new name to
  • Italian: rinominare — to give a new name to
  • Italian: ribattezzare — to give a new name to
  • Japanese: 改名する (kaimei suru) — to give a new name to
  • Japanese: 改称する (kaishō suru) — to give a new name to
  • Korean: 개명하다 (gaemyeonghada) — to give a new name to
  • Latin: trānsnōminō — to give a new name to
  • Malay: namakan semula — to give a new name to
  • Malayalam: പേരുമാറ്റുക (pērumāṟṟuka) — to give a new name to
  • Norwegian: omnavne — to give a new name to
  • Norwegian: gi nytt navn — to give a new name to
  • Polish: przemianować — to give a new name to
  • Portuguese: renomear — to give a new name to
  • Portuguese: alterar nome — to give a new name to
  • Russian: переимено́вывать (pereimenóvyvatʹ) — to give a new name to
  • Russian: переименова́ть (pereimenovátʹ) — to give a new name to
  • Scottish Gaelic: ath-ainmich — to give a new name to
  • Spanish: renombrar — to give a new name to
  • Turkish: yeniden adlandırmak — to give a new name to
  • Ukrainian: переймено́вувати (perejmenóvuvaty) — to give a new name to
  • Ukrainian: перейменува́ти (perejmenuváty) — to give a new name to
Real reading context

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