revanche

See also: Revanche and revanché

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French revanche.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃ/, /ɹəˈvænt͡ʃ/, /ɹəˈvɑ̃ʃ/

Noun

revanche (countable and uncountable, plural revanches)

1. Revenge or retaliation.
2. The political policy of regaining lost territory.

Related terms

• revanchism
• revanchist

Translations

revenge or retaliation

• Armenian: ռեւանշ (hy) (ṙewanš)
• Danish: revanche (da) c
• Dutch: revanche (nl) f
• French: revanche (fr) f
• German: Revanche (de) f, Rache (de) f
• Polish: rewanż (pl) m, zemsta (pl) f
• Russian: рева́нш (ru) m (revánš), месть (ru) f (mestʹ)

Danish

Etymology

French revanche

Noun

revanche

1. (games, military policy) a rematch

   bede om revanche

   ask for a rematch

   få, tage 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)

1. revenge, retaliation
2. a rematch in sports or games

Derived terms

• revanchisme
• revanchist

Descendants

• Negerhollands: revanschie

French

Etymology

Deverbal from revancher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.vɑ̃ʃ/

• Audio; “une revanche”:

  (file)

Noun

revanche f (plural revanches)

1. revenge; vengeance
2. (sports, games etc.) rematch

Derived terms

• à charge de revanche
• en revanche
• prendre sa revanche
• revanchard

Further reading

• “revanche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

From French revanche.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈvɐ̃.ʃi/ [heˈvɐ̃.ʃi]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈvɐ̃.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈbɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/ [ʁɨˈβɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ]

• Hyphenation: re‧van‧che

Noun

revanche f (plural revanches)

1. revenge; vengeance
2. (sports, games etc.) rematch

Further reading

• “revanche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025