Oxford Learner's Dictionary explains the English noun "renaissance" comes "from French renaissance, from re- ‘back, again’ + naissance ‘birth’ (from Latin nascentia, from nasci ‘be born’)." It glosses the modern English countable use as "a situation when there is new interest in a particular subject, form of art, etc. after a period when it was not very popular" and gives the synonym "revival."

The Oxford English Dictionary entry for the noun "Renaissance" states that it is "a borrowing from French" and gives the etymon as French "Renaissance." The French term itself is formed from the verb "renaître" (to be born again), based on re- ‘again’ and "naissance" ‘birth’; in historical use it denoted the ‘rebirth’ of classical arts and learning in Europe.

The word "Renaissance" is borrowed from the French language, where it means "re-birth". French: [ʁənɛsɑ̃s], meaning 'rebirth', from renaître.

*Renaissance* is a French word meaning “rebirth.” It refers to a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom.

The Online Etymology Dictionary entry for "renaissance" states: "1840, from French Renaissance (15c.), literally ‘rebirth,’ from Old French renaistre ‘be born again,’ from re- ‘again’ + naitre ‘be born’." It further explains that in English the term was applied to the period of European history characterized as a "revival" or "rebirth" of art and learning based on classical models.

“Renaissance” is a French word meaning **‘rebirth’**, from Old French *renaissance*, literally "rebirth," usually in a spiritual sense, from *renastre* "grow anew" (of plants), "be reborn" … from Vulgar Latin *renascere*, from Latin *renasci* "be born again, rise again, reappear, be renewed."

“Borrowed from French *renaissance*.” … “From *renaissance* (literally ‘rebirth’).” The etymology section explains that English *Renaissance* is borrowed from French and that the French word is literally “rebirth.”

The term renaissance is from the French word for “rebirth,” and the period from A.D. 1350 to 1600 in Europe was marked by the resurrection of classical Greek and Roman ideals; the flourishing of art, literature, and philosophy; and the beginning of modern science.

“Renaissance (n.) ‘great period of revival of classical-based art and learning in Europe that began in the fourteenth century,’ 1840, from French *renaissance des lettres*, from Old French *renaissance*, literally ‘rebirth,’ usually in a spiritual sense… from Vulgar Latin *renascere*, from Latin *renasci* ‘be born again, rise again, reappear, be renewed,’ from *re-* ‘again’ + *nasci* ‘be born’.” This etymological entry traces the word to French *renaissance* “literally ‘rebirth’” and ultimately to Latin *renasci* “be born again.”

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History states: "The term Renaissance, literally ‘rebirth,’ was first used in the nineteenth century to describe the revival of interest in the classical learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome." It emphasizes that this "rebirth" applied to art, literature, and humanistic studies in Europe from the 14th to the 16th century.

The Renaissance, which means "rebirth" in French, typically refers to a period in European history from A.D. 1400 to A.D. 1600. Many historians, however, assert that it started earlier or ended later, depending on the country.

Renaissance is a French word meaning **“rebirth.”** It refers to a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom. (Quoted here in a Q&A context.)

“The word 'renaissance' comes from the Latin word *renasci*, which means 'to rise again' or to 'be renewed.'” This educational explanation connects the historical term to the Latin verb *renasci* meaning to rise again or be renewed, i.e., to be reborn.

“The term translates to ‘rebirth’ in French, which suggests a revival of something that had previously declined or been forgotten.” … “the term ‘Renaissance’ derives from the Latin ‘renascere,’ which means ‘to be born again.’ This is closely related to the French word meaning ‘rebirth.’” This discussion states both that French *renaissance* translates as “rebirth” and that its Latin root *renascere* means “to be born again.”

Definition sense 3: “rebirth, revival.” … Etymology: “Latin *renasci*, from *re-* + *nasci* to be born.” Merriam-Webster lists one common meaning of *renaissance* in English as “rebirth, revival” and traces the word to Latin *renasci* ‘to be born again.’

The Victoria and Albert Museum explains: "‘Renaissance’ is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’." It adds that the term is used to describe the period of European history from the 14th to the 16th century when there was a "rebirth of interest in the classical world" and a flourishing of art, design, and ideas inspired by antiquity.

“Renaissance” in French means "rebirth" and from the French word we get our word "Renaissance" in English. The French word, however, originally came from the Italian word for rebirth, which is RINASCITA.

The noun **rebirth** (1812) means "reincarnation, repeated birth into temporal existence" and by 1833 "renewed life or activity, reanimation, regeneration," from *re-* "back, again" + *birth*. This shows the established English meaning of "rebirth" that is used to gloss the French *renaissance*.

Art / “Renaissance” / is a French word meaning “rebirth,” used to describe a period in Europe between 1400 & 1600 when art & culture revived and an interest in the classical past was renewed. Some of you may know that the word ‘renaissance’ means ‘a rebirth’.

The article examines “the word and the underlying concept” of Renaissance, discussing how the term, drawn from notions of ‘rebirth’ or ‘new birth’, came to denote a historical period of renewed classical learning. It situates the etymological sense of rebirth in the broader historiographical debate about whether the Renaissance was truly a ‘rebirth’ or a continuation.

The term "Renaissance" means rebirth. In the 14th century, it was used in Italy by several intellectuals to refer to rinascita, meaning renaissance or rebirth, in the context of the revival of classical antiquity and humanistic values.

“Renaissance” in French means "rebirth" and from the French word we get our word "Renaissance" in English. During the 19th century the English term “Renaissance” was first used to describe certain historical periods, the 15th-16th centuries in Italy, and the 16-17th centuries in England.

The Renaissance (a word that means rebirth) was a glorious period in human history that is often described as a cultural explosion of creativity that began in Florence, Italy, in the 14th century... It was a period of cultural, political, and economic rebirth that followed the Middle Ages and involved a rediscovery of classical art, literature, and philosophy.