restoration

See also: Restoration

English

Alternative forms

• restauration (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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Noun

restoration ‎(plural restorations)

1. the process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something

   The restoration of this painting will take years.

   The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.

2. the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down

   The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.

Related terms

• restore
• restorable
• restorative

Translations

the process of bringing an object back to its original state

• Armenian: ռեստավրացիոնիզմ ‎(ṙestavracʿionizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恢復, 恢复 (zh) ‎(huīfù), 回復 (zh), 回复 (zh) ‎(huífù)

• Dutch: restauratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: restaŭro
• Finnish: restaurointi (fi), palauttaminen (fi)
• French: restauration (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Restaurierung (de) f, Wiederherstellung (de) f, Restauration (de) f
• Greek: αποκατάσταση (el) f ‎(apokatástasi), (of a building) αναστήλωση (el) f ‎(anastílosi), επαναφορά (el) f ‎(epanaforá)
• Hungarian: restaurálás

• Italian: restauro (it) m
• Japanese: 回復 (ja) ‎(かいふく, kaifuku), 復旧 (ja) ‎(ふっきゅう, fukkyū)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: restaurering m, f

  Nynorsk: restaurering f

• Polish: odbudowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: restauração f
• Russian: восстановле́ние (ru) n ‎(vosstanovlénije) (various senses), реставра́ция (ru) f ‎(restavrácija)
• Slovene: restavriranje n
• Spanish: restauración (es) f
• Tagalog: pagsasag-uli

the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復辟, 复辟 (zh) ‎(fùbì)

• Dutch: herstel (nl) n
• Esperanto: rereĝigo, rereĝiĝo
• Finnish: palauttaminen valtaan, valtaanpaluu
• German: Restauration (de) f
• Greek: παλινόρθωση (el) f ‎(palinórthosi)

• Hungarian: restauráció
• Italian: restaurazione (it) f
• Japanese: 王政復古 ‎(ōsei fukko)
• Portuguese: restauração f
• Russian: реститу́ция (ru) f ‎(restitúcija)
• Slovene: restavracija (sl) f
• Spanish: restauración (es) f