different between revanche vs revanchist

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.

English

Etymology

From French revanchiste, from revanche (“revenge”) +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???væn(t)??st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???v?n(t)??st/

Noun

revanchist (plural revanchists)

1. A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance.

Translations

Adjective

revanchist (not comparable)

1. Seeking revenge or otherwise advocating retaliation, especially against a nation which has previously defeated and humiliated the revanchist party in war. Originally referred to the French indignation over losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.

Translations

Related terms

• revanche
• revanchism