rebirth

English

WOTD – 22 December 2012

Etymology

re- +‎ birth

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈbɜːθ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈbɝθ/
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Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

Noun

rebirth (plural rebirths)

Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
- 1989, Saral Jhingran, Aspects of Hindu morality, page 35:
  A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgitā which compares the rebirth of the soul in another body to changing of clothes, […]
Revival, reinvigoration.
- 2009, Richard Taruskin, Music in the Nineteenth Century:
  And it was the spread of modern nationalism in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat that mainly accounted for the nineteenth-century rebirth of the “Handelian” oratorio in Germany, where it had never thrived before, […]
Spiritual renewal.
- 2000, Joseph Stoutzenberger, Celebrating Sacraments, page 132:
  The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life.
- 2011, Chad T. Pierce, Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ, page 233:
  Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward.

Translations

reincarnation

Armenian: վերածնունդ (hy) (veracnund)
Belarusian: адраджэ́нне n (adradžénnje)
Bulgarian: прераждане n (preraždane)
Catalan: renaixement (ca) m, renaixença f
Danish: genfødsel c, reinkarnation c
Dutch: wedergeboorte (nl) f, reïncarnatie (nl) f
Esperanto: renaskiĝo
Faroese: endurføðing f
Finnish: jälleensyntyminen
French: renaissance (fr) f
German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
Greek: μετενσάρκωση (el) f (metensárkosi)
Hebrew: תְקוּמָה‎ (he)
Hindi: पुनर्जन्म (hi) (punarjanma)
Hungarian: újjászületés (hu), reinkarnáció (hu)
Japanese: 再創造 (さいそうぞう, saisōzō)
Macedonian: прероду́вање n (prerodúvanje), прера́ѓање n (preráǵanje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjenfødelse m, reinkarnasjon m
Nynorsk: gjenføding f, reinkarnasjon m
Portuguese: renascimento (pt) m
Romanian: reîncarnare (ro) f
Russian: возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije), перевоплоще́ние (ru) n (perevoploščénije)
Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh m
Spanish: renacimiento (es) m
Turkish: ruh göçü (tr), reenkarnasyon (tr)

revival, reinvigoration

Armenian: վերածնունդ (hy) (veracnund)
Azerbaijani: dirçəliş
Belarusian: адраджэ́нне n (adradžénnje)
Bulgarian: възраждане (bg) n (vǎzraždane), обновление (bg) n (obnovlenie)
Catalan: renaixement (ca) m, renaixença f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 再生 (zh) (zàishēng)
Czech: znovuzrození (cs) n
Dutch: heropleving (nl) f, renaissance (nl) f
Faroese: endurføðing f
Finnish: uudestisyntyminen, jälleensyntyminen
French: renaissance (fr) f
German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
Ancient Greek: παλιγγενεσία f (palingenesía)
Greek: αναγέννηση (el) f (anagénnisi)
Hungarian: újjászületés (hu)
Japanese: 再生 (ja) (さいせい, saisei)
Polish: odrodzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: renascimento (pt) m
Russian: возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije), оживле́ние (ru) n (oživlénije)
Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh m
Serbo-Croatian: preporod (sh) m
Spanish: renacimiento (es) m
Turkish: yeniden doğuş

spiritual renewal

Belarusian: адраджэ́нне n (adradžénnje)
Bulgarian: възраждане (bg) n (vǎzraždane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 再生 (zh) (zàishēng)
Dutch: wedergeboorte (nl) f
Faroese: endurføðing f
Finnish: uudistuminen, renessanssi (fi), uudestisyntyminen
French: renaissance (fr) f
German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
Hungarian: újjászületés (hu)
Japanese: 再生 (ja) (さいせい, saisei)
Portuguese: renascimento (pt) m
Russian: возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije)
Scottish Gaelic: ath-bheothachadh m
Serbo-Croatian: preporod (sh) m
Spanish: renacimiento (es) m
Turkish: ruh göçü (tr), yeniden doğuş, reenkarnasyon (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} rinascita (it) f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} znovuzrodenie n
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పునర్జన్మ (te) (punarjanma)

Verb

rebirth (third-person singular simple present rebirths, present participle rebirthing, simple past and past participle rebirthed)

(transitive) To cause to be born again or spiritually renewed.

Anagrams

birther