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- Dictionaryrevenant/ˈrɛvɪnənt/
noun
- 1. a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead: "he was three hundred years old, a terrible living revenant"
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A revenant is one that returns after death or a long absence, from French revenir ("to return"). Learn more about the word history, usage, and examples of revenant in sentences.
A revenant is someone who has returned, especially someone who returns to life after being dead. Learn more about the word, its usage and its synonyms, and see examples and translations in different languages.
noun. a person who returns. a person who returns as a spirit after death; ghost. a corpse reanimated by a supernatural force; an undead being. revenant. / ˈrɛvɪnənt / noun. something, esp a ghost, that returns. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of revenant 1.
In folklore, a revenant is a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been revived from death to haunt the living. The word revenant is derived from the Old French word revenant ' returning ' (see also the related French verb revenir ' to come back ').
A revenant is someone who has returned, especially someone who returns to life after being dead. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find translations in different languages.
Use the word revenant to talk about someone who returns after a long absence. If your cat goes missing for weeks, only to stroll back into your house one morning, you could describe him as a revenant.
A revenant is a person who has returned, especially one who is thought to have come back from the dead. Learn how to say and use this formal or literary word with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.
