rename

English

Etymology

re- +‎ name

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈneɪm/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪm

Verb

rename (third-person singular simple present renames, present participle renaming, simple past and past participle renamed)

1. (transitive) To give a new name to.
   • 2004, George Carlin, “EUPHEMISMS: Shell Shock to PTSD”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 39, 40:

     […] And then, finally, we got to Vietnam. Given the dishonesty surrounding that war, I guess it's not surprising that, at the time, the very same condition was renamed post-traumatic stress disorder.

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda‎^[2] (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-11-12, PC, scene: Nexus‎^[3]:

     MERIDIAN (HNS) - Habitat 7 Renamed Ryder-I
     In honor of his achievements in the Heleus Cluster, the planet formerly known as Habitat 7 has been renamed after the human Pathfinder. The Pathfinder's father, former Pathfinder Alec Ryder, was killed exploring the planet. Now it will bear his son's name.

   • 2018 November 24, Tzu-ti Huang, “Taiwan elections: KMT candidate wins race for New Taipei mayor”, in Taiwan News‎^[4], archived from the original on 24 November 2018‎^[5]:

     Taipei County was upgraded to the status as a special municipality in 2010 and renamed New Taipei.

Synonyms

• rebaptize
• rechristen

Coordinate terms

• dename, unname

Translations

to give a new name to

• Armenian: վերանվանել (veranvanel)
• Belarusian: пераймяно́ўваць impf (pjerajmjanóŭvacʹ), перайменава́ць pf (pjerajmjenavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: преименувам (bg) (preimenuvam)
• Catalan: reanomenar (ca), rebatejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重命名 (chóngmìngmíng), 重新命名 (chóngxīn mìngmíng), 改名 (zh) (gǎimíng), 改稱／改称 (zh) (gǎichēng)

• Czech: přejmenovat
• Dutch: hernoemen (nl)
• Esperanto: renomi
• Finnish: nimetä uudelleen, uudelleennimetä
• French: renommer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: umbenennen (de), umtaufen (de)
• Hungarian: átnevez (hu), átkeresztel (hu)
• Irish: athainmnigh
• Italian: rinominare, ribattezzare
• Japanese: 改名する (ja) (かいめいする, kaimei suru), 改称する (ja) (かいしょうする, kaishō suru)
• Latin: trānsnōminō
• Malay: namakan semula​
• Malayalam: പേരുമാറ്റുക (pērumāṟṟuka)
• Norwegian: omnavne, gi nytt navn
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} بازنامیدن (bâznâmidan)
• Polish: przemianować (pl)
• Portuguese: renomear (pt), alterar nome
• Russian: переимено́вывать (ru) impf (pereimenóvyvatʹ), переименова́ть (ru) pf (pereimenovátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-ainmich
• Spanish: renombrar (es)
• Turkish: yeniden adlandırmak
• Ukrainian: переймено́вувати impf (perejmenóvuvaty), перейменува́ти pf (perejmenuváty)

Noun

rename (plural renames)

1. An instance of renaming.
   • 2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, page 70:

     warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:
     bar
     quux

Anagrams

• Menear, enarme, meaner, remean