# Renaissance
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/, /ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/, /ɹəˈneɪsɒ̃(n)s/, /ˌɹɛnəˈsɒ̃(n)s/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/, /ˌɹɛnəˈsɑns/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ɹəˈnæɪsɔns/, /ˈɹenəˌsɔns/, /ɹəˈnæɪsəns/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɹenɘˌsɒns/, /ɹɘˈnæɪsɒns/, /ɹɘˈnæɪsɘns/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

the Renaissance
* (historical) The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.
* The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.

#### Derived terms

* Neo-Renaissance
* Renaissance Revival
* Renaissancey

#### Translations
### Noun

Renaissance (plural Renaissances)
* (by extension) Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.
    the Harlem Renaissance
** 1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:Gelernter believes that computers and their mirror-world capabilities will usher in a Renaissance of the human spirit.
** 2018, Kristian Kristiansen, “Theorizing Trade and Civilization”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Thomas Lindkvist, Janken Myrdal, editors, Trade and Civilisation: Economic Networks and Cultural Ties, from Prehistory to the Early Modern Era, Cambridge, Cambs.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 18–19:Out of every Dark Age there emerged new Renaissances of civilization (Goody 2010; Modelski 2007), and over time they expanded the boundaries of civilization leading to the formation of new empires such as the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman empires in the west, and similar new empires in east and south-east Asia (China and later empires in Burma, Korea, and Japan), Africa (the Bantu), and south America (the Incas).
** 2023 July 10, Rachel Wetzler, “The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance”, in The New York Times Styles Magazine‎, →ISSN:The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance [title]
** 2023 November 25, Richard Waters, John Thornhill, quoting Yann LeCun, “Tech's philosophical rift over AI”, in FT Weekend, Big Read, page 6:Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, recently said it was “preposterous” to believe that an AI could threaten humanity. Rather, intelligent machines would stimulate a second Renaissance in learning and help us tackle climate change and cure diseases.

#### Derived terms

* Harlem Renaissance
* Wrenaissance

#### Translations
### Adjective

Renaissance (not comparable)
* Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
* Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

#### Derived terms

* Renaissance fair
* Renaissance Latin
* Renaissance man

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Necessarian, necessarian

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

### Proper noun

Renaissance ?
* (history) Renaissance

### See also

* wedergeboorte

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from French renaissance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁənɛˈsɑ̃ːs/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Renaissance f (proper noun, genitive Renaissance)
* The Renaissance

#### Derived terms

* Neorenaissance

### Noun

Renaissance f (genitive Renaissance, plural Renaissancen)
* renaissance

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Renaissance” in Duden online
* “Renaissance” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache