reincarnation

See also: réincarnation

English

Etymology

From reincarnate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːɪŋkɑː(ɹ)ˈneɪʃən/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reincarnation (countable and uncountable, plural reincarnations)

A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.
The philosophy of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs.
A fresh embodiment.
A new, considerably improved, version.

Synonyms

rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)
(fresh embodiment): reembodiment

Derived terms

reincarnationism
reincarnationist

Related terms

carnal
incarnation
reincarnate
reincarnated

Translations

rebirth of a mental capacity in a physical life form

Afrikaans: reïnkarnasie f
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: վերամարմնավորում (hy) (veramarmnavorum)
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: превъплъщение (bg) n (prevǎplǎštenie)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: reencarnació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 轉世／转世 (zh) (zhuǎnshì), 轉生／转生 (zh) (zhuǎnshēng), 投胎 (zh) (tóutāi)
Czech: převtělení n
Danish: reinkarnation c
Dhivehi: އާތަމާލަ‎ (ātamāla)
Dutch: reïncarnatie (nl) f
Esperanto: reenkarniĝo
Estonian: reinkarnatsioon
Finnish: jälleensyntyminen, reinkarnaatio (fi)
French: réincarnation (fr) f
Friulian: reincarnazion f
Galician: reencarnación (gl) f
Georgian: რეინკარნაცია (reinḳarnacia)
German: Wiedergeburt (de) f, Reinkarnation (de) f
Greek: μετενσάρκωση (el) f (metensárkosi)
Ancient: μετεμψύχωσις f (metempsúkhōsis)
Hebrew: גִּלְגּוּל נְשָׁמוֹת‎ (he) m (gilgúl neshamót)
Hindi: पुनर्जन्म (hi) m (punarjanma)
Hungarian: újraszületés, reinkarnáció (hu)
Icelandic: endurholdgun
Italian: reincarnazione (it) f
Japanese: 転生 (ja) (てんせい, tensei, てんしょう, tenshō), 輪廻 (ja) (りんね, rinne), 生まれ変わり (ja) (うまれかわり, umarekawari)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: បដិសន្ធិ (km) (bɑɑdəhnthiʼ)
Korean: 윤회(輪迴) (ko) (yunhoe) 륜회 (ryunhoe) (North Korea)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: reincarnatio f
Latvian: pārmiesošanās f pl, reinkarnācija f
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Malay: penjelmaan semula
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Manx: aaghoaill y chorp f
Marathi: संसार (sausār)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: पुनर्जन्म (punarjanma)
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Polish: odrodzenie (pl) n, reinkarnacja (pl) f
Portuguese: reincarnação f
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: reîncarnare (ro) f
Russian: перевоплоще́ние (ru) n (perevoploščénije), возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije), переселе́ние душ n (pereselénije duš), реинкарна́ция (ru) f (reinkarnácija), перерожде́ние (ru) n (pereroždénije)
Sanskrit: संसार (sa) m (saṃsāra)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: реинкарнација f, препорађање n
Roman: reinkarnacija (sh) f, preporađanje n
Spanish: reencarnación (es) f
Swedish: själavandring c, reinkarnation (sv) c
Tagalog: pagmulingsilang
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: saṃsār
Turkish: ruh göçü (tr), reenkarnasyon (tr)
Ukrainian: реінкарна́ція f (reinkarnácija), перевті́лення n (perevtílennja)
Welsh: ailymgnawdoliad m

idea of such a rebirth

Dhivehi: އާތަމާލަ‎ (ātamāla)
Finnish: sielunvaellusoppi
German: Wiedergeburt (de) f, Reinkarnation (de) f
Greek: μετενσάρκωση (el) f (metensárkosi)
Hungarian: reinkarnáció (hu), újraszületés
Portuguese: reincarnação f
Russian: перевоплоще́ние (ru) n (perevoploščénije), возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije)
Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: pagmulingsilang
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can

fresh embodiment

Bulgarian: прераждане n (preraždane)
German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
Hungarian: újjászületés (hu)
Portuguese: reincarnação f
Ukrainian: перевті́лення n (perevtílennja)

new, often improved, version

Finnish: uudistuminen, muodonmuutos (fi)
German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
Greek: μετενσάρκωση (el) f (metensárkosi)
Portuguese: reincarnação f
Russian: перевоплоще́ние (ru) n (perevoploščénije), возрожде́ние (ru) n (vozroždénije)

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

Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} භවය (si) (bhawaya)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} prevtelenie n (1), ^{(please verify)} prevteľovanie n (2)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} reinkarnation (sv)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పునర్జన్మ (te) (punarjanma) (punarjanma), ^{(please verify)} అవతారం (te) (avatāraṁ) (avatAtam)