comeback

== English == === Etymology === Deverbal from come back. === Pronunciation === (foot-strut split) (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmbæk/, [ˈkʰʌmbæk] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmbak/, [ˈkʰʌmbak] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɐmbæk/, [ˈkʰɐ̞mbæk] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɐmbɛk/, [ˈkʰɐ̞mbɛk] (without the foot-strut split) (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈkʊmbak/, [ˈkʰʊmbak] ~ [ˈkʰʊmbäk] Hyphenation: come‧back === Noun === comeback (plural comebacks) A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance. A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one. Synonyms: rejoinder, retort (sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw. ==== Usage notes ==== In the sense of reply, more casual than retort or the somewhat formal rejoinder. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === comeback Misspelling of come back. == Danish == === Alternative forms === come-back === Etymology === Borrowed from English comeback === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kʌmˈbaɡ] === Noun === comeback n (singular definite comebacket, plural indefinite comebacks) comeback (after an absence) ==== Declension ==== === References === “comeback” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English comeback. === Pronunciation === (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈkɑm.bɛk/ Hyphenation: come‧back === Noun === comeback m (plural comebacks, diminutive comebackje n) comeback == Finnish == === Alternative forms === come-back === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English comeback. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæmbæk/, [ˈk̟æmbæk] IPA(key): /ˈkæmbækːi/, [ˈk̟æmbækːi] Rhymes: -æmbæk Syllabification(key): come‧back Hyphenation(key): come‧back === Noun === comeback (colloquial) comeback (return to popularity, success, fame etc.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== paluu nousu (in sports, etc.) === Further reading === “comeback”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English comeback. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔm.bak/, /kœm.bak/ === Noun === comeback m (plural comebacks) (anglicism) comeback; a return == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English comeback. === Noun === comeback m or n (definite singular comebacken or comebacket, indefinite plural comeback, definite plural comebackene or comebacka) a comeback (return by a well-known person to the activity in which they were famous after a long absence) === References === “comeback” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English comeback. === Noun === comeback n (definite singular comebacket, indefinite plural comeback, definite plural comebacka) a comeback (return by a well-known person to the activity in which they were famous after a long absence) === References === “comeback” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English comeback. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kamˈbɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk Syllabification: come‧back === Noun === comeback m inan comeback (return to fame) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “comeback”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English comeback. === Noun === comeback c a comeback (after an absence) ==== Declension ==== === References === “comeback”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “comeback”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)