revenant

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛvənənt/
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19th century. From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“to return”). Compare revenue.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: завръщащ се (zavrǎštašt se) — someone who returns from a long absence
• Finnish: palaaja — someone who returns from a long absence
• Finnish: palannut — someone who returns from a long absence
• French: revenant — someone who returns from a long absence
• French: revenante — someone who returns from a long absence
• German: Heimkehrer — someone who returns from a long absence
• German: Rückkehrer — someone who returns from a long absence
• Hungarian: hazatérő — someone who returns from a long absence
• Hungarian: hazaérkező — someone who returns from a long absence
• Polish: powracający — someone who returns from a long absence
• Polish: powrotnik — someone who returns from a long absence
• Portuguese: aparecido — someone who returns from a long absence
• Portuguese: aparecida — someone who returns from a long absence
• Russian: челове́к (čelovék) — someone who returns from a long absence
• Russian: возвращающийся после долгого отсутствия — someone who returns from a long absence
• Spanish: aparecido — someone who returns from a long absence
• Spanish: aparecida — someone who returns from a long absence
• Spanish: hijo pródigo — someone who returns from a long absence
• Spanish: hija pródiga — someone who returns from a long absence
• Swedish: återvändare — someone who returns from a long absence
• Catalan: revingut — someone reborn
• Finnish: jälleensyntynyt — someone reborn
• French: revenant — someone reborn
• Hungarian: újjászületett — someone reborn
• Polish: odrodzony — someone reborn
• Portuguese: renascido — someone reborn
• Portuguese: renascida — someone reborn
• Russian: перерождённый (pereroždjónnyj) — someone reborn
• Spanish: renacido — someone reborn
• Spanish: renacida — someone reborn
• Spanish: vuelto a nacer — someone reborn
• Spanish: vuelta a nacer — someone reborn
• Albanian: lugat — supernatural being
• Albanian: kukudh — supernatural being
• Albanian: vurkollak — supernatural being
• Czech: revenant — supernatural being
• Danish: genganger — supernatural being
• French: revenant — supernatural being
• Galician: aparecido — supernatural being
• Galician: defunto — supernatural being
• Galician: aparecida — supernatural being
• Galician: atopado — supernatural being
• Galician: atopada — supernatural being
• German: Wiedergänger — supernatural being
• Hungarian: kísértet — supernatural being
• Hungarian: szellem — supernatural being
• Norwegian: gjenganger — supernatural being
• Polish: upiór — supernatural being
• Polish: zombie — supernatural being
• Polish: powrotnik — supernatural being
• Portuguese: zumbi — supernatural being
• Portuguese: fantasma — supernatural being
• Portuguese: revivente — supernatural being
• Portuguese: aparição — supernatural being
• Russian: зо́мби (zómbi) — supernatural being
• Russian: привиде́ние (prividénije) — supernatural being
• Russian: при́зрак (prízrak) — supernatural being
• Spanish: resucitado — supernatural being
• Spanish: resucitada — supernatural being
• Spanish: zombi — supernatural being
• Spanish: fantasma — supernatural being
• Spanish: espectro — supernatural being
• Spanish: aparición — supernatural being
• Spanish: aparecido — supernatural being
• Swedish: gengångare — supernatural being
• Turkish: hortlak — supernatural being
• Turkish: hortan — supernatural being
• Turkish: örek — supernatural being