different between renaissance vs lavolta

English

Etymology

From French renaissance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ne?s(?)ns/, /???ne?s??ns/, /???ne?s??(n)s/, /???n??s??(n)s/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /???n??s?ns/, /???n??s?ns/

Noun

renaissance (plural renaissances)

1. A rebirth or revival.
2. (historic) Alternative form of Renaissance

Derived terms

• See Renaissance (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Anagrams

• Necessarian, necessarian

French

Etymology

From renaître +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.n?.s??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

renaissance f (plural renaissances)

1. rebirth, renaissance

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• encasernais, enracinasse

English

Etymology

From Italian la volta (“the turn, turning, whirl”) and the French la volte (circular movement). Compare volt (“circular tread of a horse”), volta.

Noun

lavolta (plural lavoltas)

1. An ancient dance of the Renaissance which incorporated many challenging twists and skips.
   • 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando

     Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “lavolta”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language