reunion

See also: Reunion, réunion, reunión, Réunion, rêunion, reünion, and re-union

English

Alternative forms

• re-union
• reünion

Etymology

From Middle French reunion (modern French réunion). By surface analysis, re- +‎ union. Doublet of Réunion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈjuːnjən/, /ɹɪˈjuːnjən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

reunion (countable and uncountable, plural reunions)

1. The process or act of reuniting.

   The reunion took forever, but it was worth it.

   It was a tearful and heartfelt reunion as the trapped miners finally saw their dear loved ones again.

2. A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.

   Are you going to the high-school reunion this year?

Synonyms

• reunition
• reunite

Derived terms

• class reunion
• family reunion

Related terms

• reunite
• union

Translations

reunification — see reunification

the process or act

• Arabic: لَم شَمْل (lam šaml)
• Armenian: վերամիավորում (hy) (veramiavorum)
• Bulgarian: среща (bg) f (srešta), събиране (bg) n (sǎbirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 再次會面 / 再次会面 (zàicì huìmiàn), 再次見面 / 再次见面 (zàicì jiànmiàn),, 團圓 / 团圆 (zh) (tuányuán), 重新統一 / 重新统一 (chóngxīn tǒngyī) (reunification), 團聚 / 团聚 (zh) (tuánjù)

• Danish: genforening (da) c
• Dutch: reünie (nl)
• Finnish: uudelleen yhdistyminen; jälleennäkeminen
• French: réunion (fr) f, réunification (fr) f, rassemblement (fr) m
• Galician: reunión f
• Georgian: გაერთიანება (gaertianeba)
• German: Wiedervereinigung (de) f (reunification), Treffen (de) n, Zusammenkunft (de) f
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 再会 (ja) (さいかい, saikai), 再結成 (sai-kessei), 再結集 (sai-kesshū)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: соби́рање n (sobíranje), сре́дба f (srédba)
• Portuguese: reunificação f
• Russian: воссоедине́ние (ru) n (vossojedinénije) (reunification), встре́ча (ru) f (vstréča) (по́сле разлу́ки)
• Spanish: reunión (es) f
• Swedish: återförening (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

planned event

• Arabic: لَم شَمْل (lam šaml)
• Chickasaw: ittafama
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 圍爐 / 围炉 (zh-min-nan) (ûi-lô͘)

  Mandarin: 一個有計劃的會面 / 一个有计划的会面 (yīgè yǒu jìhuà de huìmiàn), 大會 / 大会 (zh) (dàhuì), 年夜饭 (zh) (niányèfàn)

• Czech: sraz (cs) m, slezina (cs) f
• Danish: genforening (da) c
• Finnish: jälleennäkeminen
• French: réunion (fr) f, rassemblement (fr) m
• German: Treffen (de) f
• Japanese: 大会 (ja) (たいかい, taikai)
• Macedonian: со́бир m (sóbir)
• Manx: aachruinnaght f
• Maori: hui whakahono, hui whakawhanaunga
• Ottoman Turkish: درنك (dernek), جمعیت (cemʼiyet), انجمن (encümen), مجلس (meclis), اجتماع (ictimâʼ)
• Polish: zjazd (pl) m, zlot (pl) m
• Portuguese: reunião (pt) f
• Russian: съезд (ru) m (sʺjezd), слёт (ru) m (sljot), встре́ча (ru) f (vstréča)
• Spanish: reunión (es) f
• Swedish: återförening (sv) c

See also

• homecoming

Anagrams

• nounier

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Noun

reunion f (plural reunions)

1. meeting, assembly, conference
2. reunion, gathering, get-together