different between regaining vs revanche

English

Verb

regaining

1. simple past tense and past participle of regain

Noun

regaining (plural regainings)

1. The act by which something is regained.
   • 1842, The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (page 339)

     We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only.

   • 1926, Samuel Kleinberg, Scoliosis: Rotary Lateral Curvature of the Spine (page 194)

     The left knee is placed as far back and as near the median line as possible; the spine is strongly bent to the right. The creeping consists of forward locomotion by a series of reversals and regainings of the position described.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French revanche.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???v?nt?/, /???vænt?/, /???v???/

Noun

revanche (countable and uncountable, plural revanches)

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

Related terms

• revanchism
• revanchist

Translations

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): /re??v?n?/, /r??v?n?/
• Hyphenation: re?van?che

Noun

revanche f (plural revanches)

1. Revenge, retaliation.
2. A rematch in sports or games.

Derived terms

• revanchisme
• revanchist

French

Etymology

Deverbal of revancher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v???/

Noun

revanche f (plural revanches)

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

Derived terms

• à charge de revanche
• en revanche
• revanchard

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From French revanche.

Noun

revanche f (plural revanches)

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

Further reading

• “revanche” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.