revive
re·vive/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/verb
revive is spelled R-E-V-I-V-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (re·vive). It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, revive means “To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in revive?
| Letters | 6: R-E-V-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·vive |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is revive?
Revive appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 revive?
- /ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/
- [ɹʷɪˈvaɪ̯v]
- /ɹiˈvaɪv/
Revive has 2 syllables, split re·vive in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-revive.wav, En-us-revive.ogg, En-GB-revive.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of revive
- revives present, singular, he/she/it
- reviving participle, present
- revived participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does revive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
Near-synonym: rescue
- 2
To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life.
- 3
To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
The Manx language has been revived after dying out, and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.
- 4
To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken.
- 5
To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken.
The Harry Potter books and films revived the world’s interest in wizardry.
- 6
To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh.
- 7
To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state.
to revive a metal after calcination
- 8
To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate.
noun
- 1
obsoleteSynonym of revival (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived (in various senses)”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Revive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | reavivar, reanimar |
| German | wiederbeleben , auffrischen |
| Spanish | revivir |
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.