different between cliffhanger vs remake

English

Alternative forms

• cliff hanger, cliff-hanger

Etymology

From cliff +? hanger, evoking the image of someone left hanging from a cliff, thereby having an uncertain fate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kl?f?hæ?.?(?)/

Noun

cliffhanger (plural cliffhangers)

1. (narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
   • 2007, Hilary Hylton, "Filming Texas in a Good Light," Time, 2 Jul.:

     Back in the early 80s, the hit series Dallas kept the nation guessing with its season-ending cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?"

2. (by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
   • 2008, Timothy Garton Ash, "Russia has run rings round the west," Guardian (UK), 28 Feb. (retrieved 2 Feb. 2009):

     This presidential election is such a cliffhanger. Will it be the rising star Dmitry "Obamovich" Medvedev? Or the veteran Gennady "McCainovich" Zyuganov?

Antonyms

• anticlimax

Derived terms

• cliffhang

Related terms

• cliffhanging

Translations

See also

• cliffhanger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dangler (plot device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

re- +? make

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: r?m?k', IPA^(key): /?i??me?k/
• (noun) enPR: r?'m?k, IPA^(key): /??i?me?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Verb

remake (third-person singular simple present remakes, present participle remaking, simple past and past participle remade)

1. (transitive) To make again.

2. (transitive) To make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.).

Translations

Noun

remake (plural remakes)

1. A new version of something.
2. A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.

Related terms

• cover version

Translations

Anagrams

• Kareem, Markee, markee

Czech

Etymology

From English remake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?m?jk]
• Hyphenation: re?make

Noun

remake m inan

1. remake (of a film)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English remake.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re?make

Noun

remake m (plural remakes, diminutive remakeje n)

1. remake (of a film)

French

Etymology

From English remake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.m?k/

Noun

remake m (plural remakes)

1. (film) remake

Further reading

• “remake” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From English remake.

Noun

remake m

1. remake (of a film)

Further reading

• remake in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

From English remake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?i.m?jk/

Noun

remake m inan

1. (film) remake (new version of film)

Declension

Further reading

• remake in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• remake in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From English remake.

Noun

remake m (plural remakes)

1. remake (new version of a production, such as a film or a videogame)

Further reading

• “remake” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From English remake.

Noun

remake m (plural remakes)

1. remake