révolutionnaire

French

Etymology

From révolution +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ/

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Adjective

révolutionnaire (plural révolutionnaires)

1. (relational) of a revolution (in government); revolutionary
   • 1873, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, with Paul Lafargue, L'Alliance Internationale de la Démocratie Socialiste et L'Association internationale des travailleurs, page 12; English translation from Richard Dixon, Alex Miller, transl., The Alliance of Socialist Democracy and the International Working Men's Association (The Hague Congress of the First International, September 2-7, 1872; Minutes and Documents), 1976, page 517:

     Par [É]tat il [Bakounine] entend tout pouvoir politique, révolutionnaire on^{[sic – meaning ou]} réactionnaire, […]

     By the state he [Bakunin] means all political power, revolutionary or reactionary, […]

2. groundbreaking

Descendants

• → Persian: رولوسیونر (revolusiyoner)
• → Turkish: revolüsyoner

Noun

révolutionnaire m or f by sense (plural révolutionnaires)

1. revolutionary

   un révolutionnaire démographique

   a demographic revolutionary

Descendants

• → Russian: революционе́р (revoljucionér)

Further reading

• “révolutionnaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• révolutionnerai