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Revirement
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German
Etymology
19th century, from de fr revirement sudden and drastic change, from fr revirer turn a boat around. The German semantic development suggests that it may have been associated with unrelated la vir man, thus as it were “remanning”.
Pronunciation
de /ʁevi(ː)ʁəˈmã/ [ʁeˌviː.ʁəˈmãː] [ʁə-] [ˌʁɛ.vi-] [-ˈmɔ̃ː] [-ˈmaŋ] [-ˈmɔŋ]
de De-Revirement.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,s,s
de learned reshuffle, process of refilling positions (especially when several are changed at once)
de Umbesetzung Personalaustausch Personalwechsel Rochade
de Nach Aufdeckung des Skandals gab es ein großes Revirement. When the scandal had been revealed, there was a great reshuffle.
Declension
n,s,s