noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the act of coming together again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English unification English reunification From re- + unification.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
إِعَادَةْ تَوْحِيد
(ʔiʕādat tawḥīd)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Belarusian:
уз'ядна́нне
(uzʺjadnánnje)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Catalan:
reunificació
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Chinese Mandarin:
統一 /统一
(tǒngyī)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Chinese Mandarin:
回歸 /回归
(huíguī)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Czech:
znovusjednocení
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Danish:
genforening
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Danish:
reunion
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Dutch:
hereniging
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Esperanto:
reunuiĝo
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Faroese:
endursameining
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Finnish:
jälleenyhdistyminen
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
French:
réunification
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Georgian:
ხელახლა გაერთიანება
(xelaxla gaertianeba)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Georgian:
კვლავ გაერთიანება
(ḳvlav gaertianeba)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Georgian:
ხელახლა შემოერთება
(xelaxla šemoerteba)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
German:
Wiedervereinigung
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Greek:
επανένωση
(epanénosi)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Hebrew:
איחוד
(ikhúd)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Hebrew:
איחוד מחדש
(ikhúd mekhadásh)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Hungarian:
újraegyesítés
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Icelandic:
endurfundir
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Irish:
athaontú
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Italian:
riunificazione
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Japanese:
統一
(tōitsu)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Korean:
통일
(tong'il)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Central Kurdish:
یەکگِرتِنەوە
(yekgirtinewe)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Norwegian Bokmål:
gjenforening
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Norwegian Nynorsk:
attendeføring
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Polish:
zjednoczenie
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Portuguese:
reunificação
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Romanian:
reunificare
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Russian:
воссоедине́ние
(vossojedinénije)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Russian:
объедине́ние
(obʺjedinénije)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Serbo-Croatian:
поновно састајање
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Serbo-Croatian:
окупљање
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Serbo-Croatian:
ponovno sastajanje
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Serbo-Croatian:
okupljanje
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Spanish:
reunificación
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Swedish:
återförening
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Telugu:
పునరేకీకరణ
(punarēkīkaraṇa)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Turkish:
yeniden birleşme
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Turkish:
uzlaşma
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Ukrainian:
возз'є́днання
(vozzʺjédnannja)
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Vietnamese:
thống nhất
— the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country