different between territory vs revanche

English

Etymology

Latin territorium from terra (“the earth”) and -torium (“place of occurrence”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t????t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???t(?)?i/

Noun

territory (countable and uncountable, plural territories)

1. A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
2. (Canada) One of three of Canada's federated entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
3. (Australia) One of three of Australia's federated entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
4. A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
5. (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
6. (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
7. A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
8. A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
9. A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
10. An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
    • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

      The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

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Translations

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.