Revirement

German

Etymology

19th century, from French revirement (“sudden and drastic change”), from revirer (“turn a boat around”). The German semantic development suggests that it may have been associated with unrelated Latin vir (“man”), thus as it were “remanning”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁevi(ː)ʁəˈmã/, [ʁeˌviː.ʁəˈmãː], [ʁə-], [ˌʁɛ.vi-], [-ˈmɔ̃ː], [-ˈmaŋ], [-ˈmɔŋ]

Noun

Revirement n (strong, genitive Revirements, plural Revirements)

  1. (learned) reshuffle, process of refilling positions (especially when several are changed at once)
    Synonym: Umbesetzung
    Nach Aufdeckung des Skandals gab es ein großes Revirement.
    When the scandal had been revealed, there was a great reshuffle.

Declension

Declension of Revirement [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Revirement die Revirements
genitive eines des Revirements der Revirements
dative einem dem Revirement den Revirements
accusative ein das Revirement die Revirements
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