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resurrection

name · noun · 8 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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  • /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/
  • /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃn̩/
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  • rhymes with -ɛkʃən
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1

name

Meaning 1

The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The general resurrection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism, countable, uncountable

Topics: Christianity, Islam, lifestyle, religion

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

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7

noun

Meaning 7

a revival from inactivity and disuse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it produced a resurrection of hope

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

8

noun

Meaning 8

(New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Christ's Resurrection, Resurrection of Christ

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: miracle

History

Etymology

From Middle English resurreccioun, resurrection, from Anglo-Norman resurrectiun, Old French resurrection (French: résurrection), and their etymon Late Latin resurrēctiōnem (accusative of resurrēctiō) from Latin resurgō (“to rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō (“to rise”). By surface analysis, resurrect + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣrist.

Across languages

Translations

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِيَامَة (qiyāma) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 復活 /复活 (fuk6 wut6, fau6 wut6) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Hakka Chinese: 復活 /复活 (fu̍k-fa̍t) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Chinese: 閣活 /阁活 (koh-oa̍h) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 復活 /复活 (fùhuó) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Czech: vzkříšení — resurrection of Jesus
  • Dutch: herrijzenis — resurrection of Jesus
  • Dutch: wederopstanding — resurrection of Jesus
  • Dutch: opstanding — resurrection of Jesus
  • Dutch: verrijzenis — resurrection of Jesus
  • Esperanto: reviviĝo — resurrection of Jesus
  • Finnish: ylösnousemus — resurrection of Jesus
  • French: résurrection — resurrection of Jesus
  • Galician: a resurrección — resurrection of Jesus
  • Georgian: აღდგომა (aɣdgoma) — resurrection of Jesus
  • German: Wiederauferstehung — resurrection of Jesus
  • German: Auferstehung — resurrection of Jesus
  • Greek: Ανάσταση (Anástasi) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Ancient Greek: Ἀνάστασις (Anástasis) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Hungarian: feltámadás — resurrection of Jesus
  • Icelandic: upprisa — resurrection of Jesus
  • Irish: aiséirí — resurrection of Jesus
  • Italian: resurrezione — resurrection of Jesus
  • Italian: resurressi — resurrection of Jesus
  • Korean: 부활 (buhwal) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Latvian: augšāmcelšanās — resurrection of Jesus
  • Lithuanian: prisikėlimas — resurrection of Jesus
  • Manx: aa-irree — resurrection of Jesus
  • Polish: zmartwychwstanie — resurrection of Jesus
  • Polish: rezurekcja — resurrection of Jesus
  • Portuguese: ressurreição — resurrection of Jesus
  • Russian: воскресе́ние (voskresénije) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Serbo-Croatian: васкрсење — resurrection of Jesus
  • Serbo-Croatian: ускрснуће — resurrection of Jesus
  • Serbo-Croatian: vaskrsenje — resurrection of Jesus
  • Serbo-Croatian: uskrsnuće — resurrection of Jesus
  • Spanish: resurrección — resurrection of Jesus
  • Swedish: uppståndelsen — resurrection of Jesus
  • Tagalog: muling-pagkabuhay — resurrection of Jesus
  • Welsh: atgyfodiad — resurrection of Jesus
  • Yiddish: תּחיית המתים (tkhiyes hameysem) — resurrection of Jesus
  • Arabic: سُورَةُ الْقِيَامَةِ (sūratu l-qiyāmati) — 75th sura of the Qur'an
  • Uyghur: قىيامەت (qiyamet) — 75th sura of the Qur'an
  • Armenian: հարություն (harutʻyun) — act of arising from the dead
  • Belarusian: уваскрашэ́нне (uvaskrašénnje) — act of arising from the dead
  • Bulgarian: възкресе́ние (vǎzkresénie) — act of arising from the dead
  • Carpathian Rusyn: воскресї́ня (voskresjínja) — act of arising from the dead
  • Catalan: resurrecció — act of arising from the dead
  • Chinese Cantonese: 復活 /复活 (fuk6 wut6, fau6 wut6) — act of arising from the dead
  • Hakka Chinese: 復活 /复活 (fu̍k-fa̍t) — act of arising from the dead
  • Chinese: 閣活 /阁活 (koh-oa̍h) — act of arising from the dead
  • Chinese Mandarin: 復活 /复活 (fùhuó) — act of arising from the dead
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mbâthwi — act of arising from the dead
  • Crimean Tatar: tirilüv — act of arising from the dead
  • Crimean Tatar: tirilme — act of arising from the dead
  • Czech: vzkříšení — act of arising from the dead
  • Dutch: herrijzenis — act of arising from the dead
  • Dutch: wederopstanding — act of arising from the dead
  • Dutch: opstanding — act of arising from the dead
  • Dutch: verrijzenis — act of arising from the dead
  • Esperanto: reviviĝo — act of arising from the dead
  • Esperanto: resurekto — act of arising from the dead
  • Estonian: ülestõusmine — act of arising from the dead
  • Finnish: ylösnousemus — act of arising from the dead
  • French: résurrection — act of arising from the dead
  • Galician: resurrección — act of arising from the dead
  • Georgian: გაცოცხლება (gacocxleba) — act of arising from the dead
  • Georgian: მკვდრეთით აღდგომა (mḳvdretit aɣdgoma) — act of arising from the dead
  • German: Wiederauferstehung — act of arising from the dead
  • German: Auferstehung — act of arising from the dead
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (usstass) — act of arising from the dead
  • Greek: ανάσταση (anástasi) — act of arising from the dead
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνάστασις (anástasis) — act of arising from the dead
  • Hebrew: תחיית המתים \ תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים (tkhiyát hametím) — act of arising from the dead
  • Hindi: पुनरुज्जीवन (punrujjīvan) — act of arising from the dead
  • Hindi: मृतोत्थान (mŕtotthān) — act of arising from the dead
  • Hindi: नुशूर (nuśūr) — act of arising from the dead
  • Hungarian: feltámadás — act of arising from the dead
  • Icelandic: upprisa — act of arising from the dead
  • Irish: aiséirí — act of arising from the dead
  • Old Irish: esséirge — act of arising from the dead
  • Italian: resurrezione — act of arising from the dead
  • Japanese: 復活 (fukkatsu) — act of arising from the dead
  • Kazakh: ғарасат (ğarasat) — act of arising from the dead
  • Korean: 부활 (buhwal) — act of arising from the dead
  • Latin: resurrectiō — act of arising from the dead
  • Latvian: augšāmcelšanās — act of arising from the dead
  • Lithuanian: prisikėlimas — act of arising from the dead
  • Low German: Uperstahung — act of arising from the dead
  • Macedonian: воскресение (voskresenie) — act of arising from the dead
  • Norman: rêsurrection — act of arising from the dead
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppstandelse — act of arising from the dead
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oppstandelse — act of arising from the dead
  • Ojibwe: aabijiibaawin — act of arising from the dead
  • Church Slavic: въскрьсеньѥ (vŭskrĭsenĭje) — act of arising from the dead
  • Church Slavic: въскрѣшеньѥ (vŭskrěšenĭje) — act of arising from the dead
  • Old English: ǣrist — act of arising from the dead
  • Persian: رستاخیز (rastâxiz) — act of arising from the dead
  • Polish: zmartwychwstanie — act of arising from the dead
  • Polish: wskrzeszenie — act of arising from the dead
  • Portuguese: ressurreição — act of arising from the dead
  • Romanian: reînviere — act of arising from the dead
  • Romanian: înviere — act of arising from the dead
  • Russian: воскресе́ние (voskresénije) — act of arising from the dead
  • Russian: воскреше́ние (voskrešénije) — act of arising from the dead
  • Sanskrit: मृतोत्थान (mṛtotthāna) — act of arising from the dead
  • Sanskrit: पुनरुज्जीवन (punarujjīvana) — act of arising from the dead
  • Serbo-Croatian: ускрсење — act of arising from the dead
  • Serbo-Croatian: ускрсну́ће — act of arising from the dead
  • Serbo-Croatian: uskrsenje — act of arising from the dead
  • Serbo-Croatian: uskrsnúće — act of arising from the dead
  • Slovak: vzkriesenie — act of arising from the dead
  • Slovene: vstajenje (od mrtvih) — act of arising from the dead
  • Spanish: resurrección — act of arising from the dead
  • Swahili: ufufuo — act of arising from the dead
  • Swedish: uppståndelse — act of arising from the dead
  • Tagalog: muling-pagkabuhay — act of arising from the dead
  • Tamil: உயிர்த்தெழுதல் (uyirtteḻutal) — act of arising from the dead
  • Turkish: diriliş — act of arising from the dead
  • Ukrainian: воскреше́ння (voskrešénnja) — act of arising from the dead
  • Urdu: نُشُور (nuśūr) — act of arising from the dead
  • Urdu: اِحْیا (iḥya) — act of arising from the dead
  • Volapük: dönulifükam — act of arising from the dead
  • Walloon: ravicaedje — act of arising from the dead
  • Walloon: rezureccion — act of arising from the dead
  • Welsh: atgyfodiad — act of arising from the dead
  • Yiddish: תּחיית המתים (tkhiyes hameysem) — act of arising from the dead
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