revolt

English

Etymology

From French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, from Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊlt

Verb

revolt (third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted)

1. To rebel, particularly against authority.

   The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.

2. To greatly repel.

   Your brother revolts me!

Translations

to rebel

• Dutch: rebelleren (nl), in opstand komen (nl)
• Finnish: kapinoida (fi)
• French: se révolter (fr)
• German: revoltieren (de)
• Greek: επαναστατώ (el) (epanastató)
• Neapolitan: s'arrevotà

• Romanian: revolta (ro)
• Russian: восставать (ru) (vosstavát') impf., восстать (ru) (vosstát') pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: èirich (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: búniti (sh), pobúniti (sh)

to greatly repel

• Finnish: inhottaa (fi)

• French: révolter (fr)

Noun

revolt (plural revolts)

1. an act of revolt

Translations

act of revolting

• Arabic: عصيان (ar) (3iSyaan) m, تمرد (ar) (tamárrud) m
• Belarusian: паўстанне (be) (paŭstannie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴亂 (cmn), 暴乱 (cmn) (bàoluàn)

• Czech: vzpoura (cs) f
• Dutch: opstand (nl) f, rebellie (nl) f, revolte (nl) f
• Finnish: kapina (fi)
• German: Revolte (de) f

• Japanese: 反乱 (ja) (hanran)
• Romanian: revoltă (ro)
• Russian: восстание (ru) (vosstánije) n, бунт (ru) (bunt) m, мятеж (ru) (mjatéž) m
• Scottish Gaelic: èirigh (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: rèvolt (sh) m, pȍbuna (sh) f
• Spanish: rebelión (es)

Related terms

• revolting

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

French révolte

Noun

rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling рѐволт)

1. revolt