reincarnation

See also: réincarnation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Italic *n̥--

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English carnate

English incarnate

English reincarnate

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ion

English reincarnation

From reincarnate + -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːɪŋkɑː(ɹ)ˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reincarnation (countable and uncountable, plural reincarnations)

1. A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

   Near-synonyms: metempsychosis, transmigration (both broadly synonymous)

   He is believed to be the reincarnation of Jesus.

   Do you believe in reincarnation?

2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A fresh embodiment.
   • 1974 February 9, Joe, “Reactions”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 33, page 6:

     Kibbutz life is a present-day reincarnation of pioneer days' morality.

3. A new, considerably improved, version.

   a reincarnation of an old video game

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 (af) f
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: تَنَاسُخُ الأَرْوَاحِ (tanāsuḵu l-ʔarwāḥi)
• 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 Greek: μετεμψύχωσις f (metempsúkhōsis)

• Hebrew: גִּלְגּוּל נְשָׁמוֹת (he) m (gilgúl neshamót)
• Hindi: पुनर्जन्म (hi) m (punarjanma)
• Hungarian: újraszületés (hu), 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), 再来 (ja) ((Sairai))
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: បដិសន្ធិ (km) (paʼdesɑnthiʼ)
• Korean: 윤회(輪迴) (ko) (yunhoe) 륜회 (ryunhoe) (North Korea)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: metempsychosis f, reciprocatio 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)
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: زادمرد sg (zādmord), تناسخ (fa) sg (tanāsox)
• Polish: odrodzenie (pl) n, reinkarnacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: reencarnação (pt) 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

  Latin: reinkarnacija (sh) f, preporađanje n

• Spanish: reencarnación (es) f
• Swedish: själavandring (sv) c, reinkarnation (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagmulingsilang
• Tamil: மறுபிறவி (ta) (maṟupiṟavi), மறுபிறப்பு (ta) (maṟupiṟappu)
• 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)
• Urdu: آواگون (ur) m (āvāgavan), تناسخ m (tanāsux)
• Welsh: ailymgnawdoliad m

fresh embodiment

• Bulgarian: прераждане n (preraždane)
• German: Wiedergeburt (de) f
• Hungarian: újjászületés (hu)
• Portuguese: reincarnação f
• Tamil: மறுபிறவி (ta) (maṟupiṟavi)
• 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)
• Tamil: மறுபிறவி (ta) (maṟupiṟavi)

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), ^{(please verify)} అవతారం (te) (avatāraṁ)

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “reincarnation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.