revenant

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Someone who returns from a long absence.
2. A person or thing reborn.
3. A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.

Adj

Returning.

Concepts

revenant

récidivé

Synonymes

spirit

recurring

ghost

👻

ghostlike

phantasm

restless

specter

spectre

uneasy

wild

wraith

zombie

🧟

zombi

departed soul

unpeaceful

apparition

unpeaceable

apparitional

doppelganger

Traductions

resucitado

Wiedergänger

Geist eines Verstorbenen

Widergänger

aparecido

espectro

fantasma

👻

renacido

zombi

🧟

aparecida

hijo pródigo

hija pródiga

vuelto a nacer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹɛvənənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

19th century. From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“to return”). Compare revenue.