renaissance
French, noun/ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s/
renaissance is spelled R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E (11 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renaissance is a French feminine noun meaning “rebirth, renaissance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de renaître, seconde, nouvelle naissance”.
What does renaissance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerebirth, renaissance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de renaître, seconde, nouvelle naissance. 2. Renouvellement, renouveau. 3. Réapparition après une interruption, en parlant des choses morales ou intellectuelles. 4. Nom donné à des laines issues du recyclage par carbonisage de tissus anciens contenant de la laine et du coton ou par effilochage (mungo et shoddy) de vieux vêtements en laine.
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’époque de la Renaissance ou à ce qui l'imite.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of renaissance
- renaissances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce renaissance?
- /ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s/
- /ʁə.ne.sɑ̃s/
- \ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to renaissance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is renaissance in French?
renaissance appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).