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- [ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns, ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns; especially British ri-ney-suh ns]
- /ˌrɛn əˈsɑns, -ˈzɑns, -ˈsɑ̃s, ˈrɛn əˌsɑns, -ˌzɑns, -ˌsɑ̃s; especially British rɪˈneɪ səns/
- /rəˈneɪ.səns/
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- [ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns, ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns; especially British ri-ney-suh ns]
- /ˌrɛn əˈsɑns, -ˈzɑns, -ˈsɑ̃s, ˈrɛn əˌsɑns, -ˌzɑns, -ˌsɑ̃s; especially British rɪˈneɪ səns/
Definitions of renaissance word
- noun renaissance the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. 1
- noun renaissance the forms and treatments in art used during this period. 1
- noun renaissance (sometimes lowercase) any similar revival in the world of art and learning. 1
- noun renaissance (lowercase) a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance. 1
- adjective renaissance of, relating to, or suggestive of the European Renaissance of the 14th through the 17th centuries: Renaissance attitudes. 1
- adjective renaissance noting or pertaining to the group of architectural styles existing in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries as adaptations of ancient Roman architectural details or compositional forms to contemporary uses, characterized at first by the free and inventive use of isolated details, later by the more imitative use of whole orders and compositional arrangements, with great attention to the formulation of compositional rules after the precepts of Vitruvius and the precedents of existing ruins, and at all periods by an emphasis on symmetry, exact mathematical relationships between parts, and a general effect of simplicity and repose. 1
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Origin of renaissance
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40; < French, Middle French: rebirth, equivalent to renaiss- (stem of renaistre to be born again < Latin renāscī; re- re- + nāscī to be born) + -ance -ance
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renaissance popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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noun renaissance
- convalescence — Convalescence is the period or process of becoming healthy and well again after an illness or operation.
- invigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- metempsychosis — the transmigration of the soul, especially the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.
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