revanche
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French revanche.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃ/, /ɹəˈvænt͡ʃ/, /ɹəˈvɑ̃ʃ/
Noun
revanche (countable and uncountable, plural revanches)
Related terms
Translations
revenge or retaliation
Danish
Etymology
Noun
revanche
Usage notes
Usually without an article. Inflected forms are uncommon to rare.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French revanche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reːˈvɑnʃ/, /rəˈvɑnʃ/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: re‧van‧che
Noun
revanche f (plural revanches)
- revenge, retaliation
- a rematch in sports or games
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: revanschie
French
Etymology
Deverbal from revancher.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.vɑ̃ʃ/
Audio; “une revanche”: (file)
Noun
revanche f (plural revanches)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “revanche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈvɐ̃.ʃi/ [heˈvɐ̃.ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈvɐ̃.ʃi/ [χeˈvɐ̃.ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈvɐ̃.ʃe/ [heˈvɐ̃.ʃe]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈvɐ̃.ʃɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈbɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/ [ʁɨˈβɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ]
- Hyphenation: re‧van‧che
Noun
revanche f (plural revanches)
Further reading
- “revanche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025