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renaissance

UK /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/noun

renaissance is spelled R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, renaissance means “A rebirth or revival” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of renaissance is renaissances.

How many letters and syllables are in renaissance?

Letters11: R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing7.4 times per million words; the 8,669th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is renaissance?

Renaissance appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce renaissance?

  • UK /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/
  • UK /ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/
  • UK /ɹəˈneɪsɒ̃(n)s/

Renaissance has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Renaissance.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Renaissance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with renaissance?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as renaissance from its last stressed vowel (/eɪsns/, British pronunciation):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of renaissance

  • renaissances plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does renaissance mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A rebirth or revival.

  2. 2

    Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance.

noun

as Renaissance
  1. 1

    Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.

    the Harlem Renaissance

adjective

as Renaissance
  1. 1

    Of, or relating to the Renaissance.

  2. 2

    Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Renaissance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanWiedergeburt (rebirth or revival), Renaissance (any similar revival), renaissancistisch (relating to the Renaissance)
Spanishrenacimiento (rebirth or revival)
Frenchrenaissance (any similar revival)
Portugueserenascença (any similar revival), renascentista (relating to the Renaissance)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does renaissance come from?

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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