reincarnation

réincarnation

Retour de l’âme dans un autre corps après la mort, ou croyance en ce retour.

En anglais simple : The belief or process that a person's soul lives again in another body after death.

• Do you believe in reincarnation?
• The book explores reincarnation and memories of past lives.
• He claimed to be the reincarnation of an ancient king.

Comment l'utiliser : reincarnation as someone/something (The story describes his reincarnation as a bird.); a reincarnation of someone (She believed the child was a reincarnation of her grandmother.)

Synonymes : rebirth, transmigration

Expressions courantes : believe in reincarnation, reincarnation of someone, cycle of reincarnation

réincarnation, nouvelle version

Nouvelle version nettement améliorée de quelque chose qui existait déjà.

En anglais simple : A new and much improved version of something that existed before.

• This game is a reincarnation of an old favourite.
• The band's latest reincarnation has a much richer sound.
• We visited the hotel's luxurious new reincarnation.

Comment l'utiliser : a reincarnation of something (The restaurant is a stylish reincarnation of the old café.)

Synonymes : revival, reinvention, new version

Expressions courantes : a modern reincarnation, reincarnation of something, a new reincarnation