remake

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ make.

Pronunciation

Verb

remake (third-person singular simple present remakes, present participle remaking, simple past and past participle remade)

  1. (transitive) To make again.
    Synonyms: re-create, redo
    You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned.
  2. (transitive) To make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.).
    Hyponym: reboot
    The director wanted to remake some of his favourite films from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
    • 1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:
      In 1976 and 1977, and the years to follow, as symbolically remade by the Sex Pistols, it was, perhaps, dadaists, lettrists, situationists, and various medieval heretics.

Translations

Noun

remake (plural remakes)

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  1. A new version of something.
    Synonyms: reboot, re-creation
  2. A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.
    Hyponyms: reboot, cover version
    I haven't seen the original film, but the remake was great.
    • 2012 August 24, John Patterson, “Total Recall—a remake to forget”, in The Guardian‎:
      The thing I like most about the Total Recall remake is the—I have to presume ironic—name of its production company. The first words that appear on screen are “Original Film”.
    • 2020 August 1, Imad Khan, “Like Old Hollywood Movies, Video Games Get a Polish for New Audiences”, in The New York Times‎:
      Like Hollywood remakes or remasters old movies, video game publishers are overhauling and rereleasing games to tap into ready-made fan bases for popular franchises like The Legend of Zelda, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon and World of Warcraft.
    • 2022 March 18, Adrian Horton, “Cheaper by the Dozen review – breezy Disney remake of family comedy”, in The Guardian‎:
      The family film is the remake of a remake – the 2022 version puts a new spin on the 2003 movie of the same name, which updated the 1950 movie based on the semi-autobiographical novel by siblings Frank Butler Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

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Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English remake.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: re‧make

Noun

remake m inan

  1. remake (of a film)

Declension

Declension of remake (velar masculine inanimate foreign)
singular plural
nominative remake remaky
genitive remaku remaků
dative remaku remakům
accusative remake remaky
vocative remaku remaky
locative remaku remacích
instrumental remakem remaky

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from English remake.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧make

Noun

remake m (plural remakes, diminutive remakeje n)

  1. remake (of a film)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English remake.

Pronunciation

Noun

remake m (plural remakes)

  1. (film) remake
    • 2022 April 23, Patrick Roger, “Présidentielle 2022 : les clés de lecture avant le second tour entre Emmanuel Macron et Marine Le Pen”, in Le Monde.fr‎:
      Le duel qui se rejoue dimanche 24 avril entre les deux finalistes du scrutin de 2017 ne saurait être un simple remake.
      The rematch between the two finalists in the 2017 election that will take place on Sunday 24 April cannot be a simple repeat of last time.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English remake.

Pronunciation

Noun

remake m

  1. remake (of a film)

References

  1. ^ remake in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • remake in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Pronunciation

Noun

remake m inan

  1. (film) remake (new version of film)

Declension

Declension of remake
singular plural
nominative remake remaki
genitive remake'u remake'ów
dative remake'owi remake'om
accusative remake remaki
instrumental remakiem remake'ami
locative remake'u remake'ach
vocative remake'u remaki

Further reading

  • remake in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • remake in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

remake m (plural remakes)

  1. remake (new version of a production, such as a film or a videogame)

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Noun

remake n (plural remake-uri)

  1. remake (about a film)

Declension

Declension of remake
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) remake remakeul (niște) remake-uri remake-urile
genitive/dative (unui) remake remakeului (unor) remake-uri remake-urilor
vocative remakeule remake-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English remake.

Pronunciation

Noun

remake m (plural remakes)

  1. remake

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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