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Rename

Re-name′

(r?-n?m′)

,

Verb.

T.

To give a new name to.

Definition 2024

rename

rename

English

Verb

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

To give a new name to.

Synonyms

rebaptise (Commonwealth), rebaptize (US)
rechristen

Translations

to give a new name to

Armenian: վերանվանել ‎(veranvanel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 重命名 ‎(chóngmìngmíng), 重新命名 ‎(chóngxīn mìngmíng), 改名 (zh) ‎(gǎimíng), 改稱 (zh), 改称 (zh) ‎(gǎichēng)
Czech: přejmenovat
Dutch: hernoemen (nl)
Esperanto: renomi
Finnish: nimetä uudelleen
French: renommer (fr)
Georgian:
German: umbenennen (de), umtaufen
Hungarian: átnevez, átkeresztel (hu)

Italian: rinominare
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)
Norwegian: omnavne, gi nytt navn
Persian: بازنامیدن ‎(baznamidan)
Polish: przemianować
Portuguese: renomear (pt)
Russian: переимено́вывать (ru) impf ‎(pereimenóvyvatʹ), переименова́ть (ru) pf ‎(pereimenovátʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: ath-ainmich

Noun

rename ‎(plural renames)

An instance of renaming.
- 2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, page 70:
  
  warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:
  
  bar
  
  quux

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