renovate

English

Etymology

The adjective first attested in 1440, the verb in 1535; from Middle English renovat(e) (“renewed”), from Latin renovātus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.nəʊ.veɪt/, /ˈɹɛ.nəˌveɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.nə.veɪt/

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• Hyphenation: re‧no‧vate

Verb

renovate (third-person singular simple present renovates, present participle renovating, simple past and past participle renovated)

1. (transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.

   This house is shabby: it needs renovating.

2. (transitive) To restore to freshness or vigor.
   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 202:

     All shall relent
     Who hear me—tears as mine have flowed, shall flow,
     Hearts beat as mine now beats, with such intent
     As renovates the world; a will omnipotent! […]
     And power shall then abound, and hope arise once more.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

• renovated butter
• renovation
• reno

Translations

to renew; to revamp

Armenian: նորոգել (hy) (norogel), վերանորոգել (hy) (veranorogel), նորացնել (hy) (noracʻnel) Bulgarian: възстановявам (bg) (vǎzstanovjavam), реставрирам (bg) (restavriram) Catalan: renovar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 裝修 / 装修 (zh) (zhuāngxiū), 修復 / 修复 (zh) (xiūfù), 翻新 (zh) (fānxīn) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: renoveren (nl) Esperanto: renovigi Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: peruskorjata, saneerata, remontoida (fi) French: rénover (fr), remettre à neuf (fr) Galician: renovar Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: renovieren (de), erneuern (de), restaurieren (de) Greek: ανακαινίζω (el) (anakainízo) Hungarian: renovál (hu), felújít (hu) Irish: athnuaigh Italian: rinnovare (it) Japanese: 改装する (ja) (かいそうする, kaisō-surú), 修築する (ja) (しゅうちくする, shūchiku-surú), 更改する (ja) (こうかいする, kōkai-surú) Khmer: ជួសជុល (km) (cuəh cul) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: renovo Malayalam: നവീകരിക്കുക (ml) (navīkarikkuka) Maori: whakahou, mekemeke Mongolian: шинэчлэх (mn) (šinečlex) Norwegian: Bokmål: pusse opp Nynorsk: pusse opp Polish: remontować (pl) impf Portuguese: renovar (pt) Russian: ремонти́ровать (ru) (remontírovatʹ), обновля́ть (ru) (obnovljátʹ), восстана́вливать (ru) (vosstanávlivatʹ) Spanish: renovar (es), remozar (es) Swedish: renovera (sv), restaurera (sv) Tagalog: isaayos (tl) Thai: please add this translation if you can Tibetan: ལེགས་བཅོས་གཏོང (legs bcos gtong) Turkish: yenilemek (tr), onarmak (tr) Ukrainian: оновлювати (onovljuvaty), обновляти (obnovljaty), оновити (onovyty), обновити (obnovyty) Vietnamese: tu sửa (vi)

to restore to freshness or vigor

Bulgarian: освежавам (bg) (osvežavam), подновявам (bg) (podnovjavam) Finnish: virkistää (fi) Maori: whakahauora Portuguese: renovar (pt) Spanish: renovar (es) Swedish: renovera (sv), restaurera (sv)

See also

• rejuvenate

Adjective

renovate (comparative more renovate, superlative most renovate)

1. (obsolete, as a participle and participial adjective) renovated

Anagrams

• overneat

Latin

Verb

renovāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of renovō

Spanish

Verb

renovate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of renovar combined with te