revenant

Etymology
19th century. From, the present participle of. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) Someone who returns from a long absence.
 * 2) * 1886, Mrs Lynn Linton, Paston Carew viii, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, volume 8 part 1, published 1914, page 595:
 * They would not visit this undesirable revenant with his insolent wealth and discreditable origin.
 * 1) * 1895 August 31, Daily News 4/7, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, volume 8 part 1, published 1914, page 595:
 * The undergraduates, our fogey revenant observes, look much as they did.., in outward aspect.
 * 1) A person or thing reborn.
 * 2) A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
 * 1) A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
 * 1) A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ghost

Translations

 * Bulgarian: завръщащ се
 * Finnish: palaaja,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Polish: powracający
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, возвращающийся после долгого отсутствия
 * Spanish:, , hijo pródigo, hija pródiga
 * Swedish: återvändare


 * Catalan: revingut
 * Finnish: jälleensyntynyt
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: odrodzony
 * Portuguese: renascido, renascida
 * Russian: перерождённый
 * Spanish:, , vuelto a nacer, vuelta a nacer


 * Albanian:, ,
 * Danish:
 * French:
 * Galician: aparecido,, aparecida, atopado, atopada
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Norwegian: gjenganger
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , revivente
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ; , , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, hortan,

Adjective

 * 1) Returning.

Noun

 * 1) a supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost
 * 2) a person who returns after a long absence