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Renaissance
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renaissance
English
Etymology
en :bor fr:renaissance + 1
Pronunciation
en /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/ /ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/ /ɹəˈneɪsɒ̃(n)s/ /ˌɹɛnəˈsɒ̃(n)s/ RP
en /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/ /ˌɹɛnəˈsɑns/ US
en /ɹəˈnæɪsɔns/ /ˈɹenəˌsɔns/ /ɹəˈnæɪsəns/ AU
en /ˈɹenɘˌsɒns/ /ɹɘˈnæɪsɒns/ /ɹɘˈnæɪsɘns/ NZ
en en-us-Renaissance.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Renaissance.wav Southern England
Proper noun
1
en historical The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.
The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.
Derived terms
en Neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival Renaissancey
Translations
14th-century revival
Arabic: ar نَهْضَة f, ar عَصْر اَلنَّهْضَة m
Armenian: hy Վերածնունդ
Azerbaijani: az Renesans
Belarusian: be Адраджэ́нне n, be Рэнеса́нс m
Bulgarian: bg Ренесанс m
Burmese: my ဉာဏ်သစ်အရေးတော်ပုံ
Catalan: ca Renaixença f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 文藝復興 Wényì Fùxīng
Czech: cs renesance f
Dutch: nl Renaissance f
Esperanto: eo Renesanco
Finnish: fi renessanssi
French: fr Renaissance f
Galician: gl renacemento m
Georgian: ka რენესანსი, ka აღორძინება
German: de Renaissance f
Greek: el Αναγέννηση f
Gujarati: gu નવજાગૃતિ
Hindi: hi पुनर्जागरण m
Hungarian: hu reneszánsz
Icelandic: is endurreisnarstefna f
Indonesian: id Renaisans
Irish: ga Áthbhreithniú m, ga Athbheochan f An Athbheochan
Italian: it Rinascimento m
Japanese: ja 文芸復興 ぶんげいふっこう, bungeifukkō, ja ルネサンス runesansu, ja ルネッサンス runessansu
Kazakh: kk Ренессанс, kk Қайта өркендеу дәуірі
Korean: ko 르네상스, ko 문예부흥(文藝復興)
Lao: lo ຍຸກຟື້ນຟູສິນລະປະ
Latin: la Renascentia litterarum f
Macedonian: mk ренеса́нса f, mk пре́родба f
Malay: ms Renaisans, ms Pembaharuan
Maltese: mt Rinaxximent
Norman: nrf R'naîssance f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb renessansen m
Nynorsk: nn renessansen m
Persian: fa رنسانس ronesâns
Polish: pl renesans m, pl Renesans m, pl odrodzenie n, pl Odrodzenie n
Portuguese: pt Renascença f, pt Renascimento m
Romanian: ro Renaștere f, ro Renașterea
Russian: ru Ренесса́нс m Rɛnɛssáns, ru Возрожде́ние n, ru эпо́ха Возрожде́ния f
Slovene: sl renesansa f
Spanish: es Renacimiento m
Swedish: sv Renässansen c
Tagalog: tl bagong-buhay, tl bagumbuhay
Tamil: ta மறுமலர்ச்சி
Thai: th สมัยฟื้นฟูศิลปวิทยา sà-mǎi-fʉ́ʉ-fuu-sǐn-lá-bpà-wít-tá-yaa, th เรอแนซ็องส์ rɤɤ-nɛɛ-sɔŋ
Turkish: tr Rönesans
Ukrainian: uk Відро́дження n, uk Ренеса́нс m
Vietnamese: vi Phục Hưng (vi 復興)
the period
Afrikaans: af renaissance
Arabic: ar عَصْر اَلنَّهْضَة m, ar نهضة f اَلنَّهْضَة
Armenian: hy Վերածնունդ
Azerbaijani: az İntibah dövrü, az Renesans
Czech: cs renesance f
Esperanto: eo Renesanco
Finnish: fi renessanssi, fi renessanssiaika
Galician: gl Renacemento m
Georgian: ka რენესანსის ხანა, ka რენესანსის პერიოდი, ka რენესანსის ეპოქა
German: de Renaissance f
Greek: el Αναγέννηση f
Gujarati: gu નવજાગૃતિ
Hungarian: hu reneszánsz
Icelandic: is endurreisn f
Indonesian: id Renaisans, id Abad Pembaharuan
Irish: ga Athbheochan f An Athbheochan
Italian: it Rinascimento m
Japanese: ja ルネサンス runesansu, ja ルネッサンス runessansu
Macedonian: mk ренеса́нса f, mk пре́родба f
Maltese: mt Rinaxximent
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb renessansen m
Nynorsk: nn renessansen m
Polish: pl renesans m, pl Renesans m, pl odrodzenie n, pl Odrodzenie n
Portuguese: pt Renascença f
Russian: ru эпо́ха Возрожде́ния f
Slovene: sl renesansa f
Sotho: st tsoseletso
Spanish: es renacimiento m
Swedish: sv Renässansen c
Turkish: tr Rönesans
Noun
en by extension Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.
en the Harlem Renaissance
en Steven Levy The Unabomber and David Gelernter The New York Times 1995-05-21 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/21/magazine/the-unabomber-and-david-gelertner.html 0362-4331 Gelernter believes that computers and their mirror-world capabilities will usher in a Renaissance of the human spirit. https://web.archive.org/web/20230611153229/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/21/magazine/the-unabomber-and-david-gelertner.html 11 June 2023
en Kristian Kristiansen Theorizing Trade and Civilization Kristian Kristiansen; Thomas Lindkvist; Janken Myrdal Trade and Civilisation: Economic Networks and Cultural Ties, from Prehistory to the Early Modern Era Cambridge, Cambs. w:Cambridge University Press 2018 18–19 https://archive.org/details/trade-and-civilisation-economic-networks-and-cultural-ties-from-prehistory-to-th/page/18/mode/1up 978-1-108-42541-4 Out of every Dark Age there emerged new Renaissances of civilization (Goody 2010; Modelski 2007), and over time they expanded the boundaries of civilization leading to the formation of new empires such as the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman empires in the west, and similar new empires in east and south-east Asia (China and later empires in Burma, Korea, and Japan), Africa (the Bantu), and south America (the Incas).
en Rachel Wetzler The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance The New York Times Styles Magazine 2023-07-10 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/t-magazine/renaissance-art-fashion-film.html 0362-4331 The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance [title] https://web.archive.org/web/20231224162125/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/t-magazine/renaissance-art-fashion-film.html 24 December 2023
weekend Richard Waters; John Thornhill w:Yann LeCun 2023-11-25 Tech's philosophical rift over AI Big Read 6 Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, recently said it was “preposterous” to believe that an AI could threaten humanity. Rather, intelligent machines would stimulate a second Renaissance in learning and help us tackle climate change and cure diseases.
Derived terms
en Harlem Renaissance Wrenaissance
Translations
any similar revival
Afrikaans: af hergeboorte
Armenian: hy վերածնունդ
Azerbaijani: az Renesans
Czech: cs renesance f, cs obrození n
Finnish: fi renessanssi
French: fr renaissance f
Galician: gl renacemento m
German: de Renaissance f, de Wiedergeburt f
Greek: el αναγέννηση f
Gujarati: gu નવજાગૃતિ
Hungarian: hu reneszánsz
Italian: it rinascimento m, it rinascenza f
Macedonian: mk пре́родба f
Polish: pl renesans m, pl odrodzenie n
Portuguese: pt renascença f
Russian: ru возрожде́ние n
Scottish Gaelic: gd ath-bheothachadh m
Slovene: sl renesansa f
Sotho: st tsoseletso
Spanish: es renacimiento m
Turkish: tr Rönesans
Udmurt: udm ӵукдаур
Ukrainian: uk Відро́дження n, uk Ренеса́нс m
Adjective
-
Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.
Derived terms
en Renaissance man Renaissance fair Renaissance Latin Renaissance woman
Translations
relating to the Renaissance
Azerbaijani: az Renesans
Bulgarian: bg ренесансов
Czech: cs renesanční
Esperanto: eo renesanca
Finnish: fi renessanssi renessanssi-, fi renessanssi renessanssin
Galician: gl renacentista m f
German: de renaissancistisch
Greek: el αναγεννησιακός m
Hungarian: hu reneszánsz
Italian: it rinascimentale
Macedonian: mk ренеса́нсен
Maltese: mt rinaxximentali
Polish: pl renesansowy
Portuguese: pt renascentista
Romanian: ro renascentist
Russian: ru ренессансный
Slovene: sl renesančen
Turkish: tr Rönesans
relating to the style of the Renaissance
Azerbaijani: az Renesans
Czech: cs renesanční
Esperanto: eo renesanca
Finnish: fi renessanssityylinen
Galician: gl renacentista
German: de renaissancistisch
Greek: el αναγεννησιακός m
Hungarian: hu reneszánsz
Italian: it rinascimentale
Macedonian: mk ренеса́нсен
Polish: pl renesansowy
Portuguese: pt renascentista
Romanian: ro renascentist
Russian: ru ренессансный
Slovene: sl renesančen
Turkish: tr Rönesans
Anagrams
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en Historical events History Time
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
Borrowed from nl fr renaissance.
Proper noun
f
nl history en Renaissance
Descendants
id Renaisans 1
See also
nl wedergeboorte
nl Historical periods
French
Etymology
From fr renaissance rebirth.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f la Renaissance
fr history en Renaissance
Further reading
fr
fr Historical periods
German
Etymology
de :bor fr:renaissance
de fr renaissance.
Pronunciation
de /ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs/
de De-Renaissance.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f
The Renaissance
Declension
f.sg
Derived terms
de Neorenaissance
Noun
f
renaissance
Declension
f
Further reading