revolt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvəʊlt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɒlt/

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• Rhymes: -əʊlt
• Hyphenation: re‧volt

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.

   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:

     Our discontented counties do revolt.

2. To repel greatly.

   Your brother revolts me!

   • 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace

     This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.

   • 1870, John Morley, Condorcet (published in the Fortnightly Review

     To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.

3. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

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4. (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.

   The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.

5. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
   • 1673, John Milton, “Sonnet XII. On the ſame.”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occaſions., London: Printed for Tho. Dring […] , OCLC 1050806759, page 57:

     And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free.

   • 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot

     His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.

Translations

to rebel

• Catalan: revoltar (ca)
• Dutch: rebelleren (nl), in opstand komen
• Egyptian: (sbj)
• Finnish: kapinoida (fi)
• French: se révolter (fr)
• German: revoltieren (de)
• Greek: επαναστατώ (el) (epanastató)
• Indonesian: berbalik (id)
• Maori: whana
• Neapolitan: s'arrevotà
• Persian: شورش‎ (fa) (šureš), طغیان‎ (fa) (toghyân)

• Portuguese: revoltar (pt)
• Romanian: revolta (ro)
• Russian: восстава́ть (ru) impf (vosstavátʹ), восста́ть (ru) pf (vosstátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: èirich
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бу́нити, побу́нити

  Roman: búniti (sh), pobúniti (sh)

• Spanish: alzarse en protesta
• Swedish: revoltera (sv), göra uppror
• Welsh: gwrthryfela (cy), terfysgu (cy)

to greatly repel

• Catalan: revoltar (ca)
• Finnish: inhottaa (fi)

• French: révolter (fr)
• Ido: nauzeigar (io)

Noun

revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)

1. An act of revolt.

   Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion

Translations

act of revolting

• Albanian: kryengritje (sq) f, revoltë (sq) f
• Arabic: عِصْيَان‎ m (ʿiṣyān), تَمَرُّد‎ m (tamarrud)
• Armenian: ապստամբութիւն (apstambutʿiwn)
• Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baš kütärew), күтәрелеш (kütäreleš)
• Basque: matxinada, errebolta
• Belarusian: паўста́нне n (paŭstánnje)
• Breton: ravolt m
• Bulgarian: въста́ние (bg) n (vǎstánie), бунт (bg) m (bunt)
• Catalan: revolta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴亂 (zh), 暴乱 (zh) (bàoluàn), 反亂 (zh), 反乱 (zh) (fǎnluàn)

• Czech: vzpoura f
• Danish: oprør n, opstand c
• Dutch: opstand (nl) f, rebellie (nl) f, revolte (nl) f
• Egyptian: (sbjw)
• Esperanto: ribelo
• Estonian: mäss, ülestõus
• Finnish: kapina (fi)
• French: révolte (fr) f
• Galician: revolta f
• Georgian: აღშფოთება (aɣšpoteba), აჯანყება (aǯanq̇eba)
• German: Revolte (de) f
• Greek: στάση (el) f (stási)

  Ancient: ἀποστασία f (apostasía)

• Hebrew: הִתְקוֹמְמוּת‎ f (hitkomemut), מֶרֶד‎ (he) m (méred)
• Hungarian: felkelés (hu), lázadás (hu)
• Indonesian: pemberontakan (id)
• Italian: rivolta (it) f

• Japanese: 反乱 (ja) (はんらん, hanran)
• Korean: 반란 (ko) (ballan), 반발 (ko) (banbal), 폭동 (ko) (pokdong)
• Latvian: sacelšanās m pl
• Lithuanian: sukilimas (lt) m, maištas m, pasibjaurėjimas m
• Macedonian: револт f (revolt)
• Maori: whananga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: opprør (no) n

  Nynorsk: opprør n

• Persian: شورش‎ (fa) (šureš), طغیان‎ (fa) (toghyân), بلوا‎ (fa) (balvā)
• Polish: bunt (pl) m, rewolta (pl) f
• Portuguese: revolta (pt) f, rebelião (pt) f
• Romanian: revoltă (ro) f
• Russian: восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije), бунт (ru) m (bunt), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž)
• Scottish Gaelic: èirigh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рѐволт m, по̏буна f

  Roman: rèvolt (sh) m, pȍbuna (sh) f

• Slovak: vzbura f
• Slovene: upor (sl) m
• Spanish: rebelión (es) f, revuelta (es) f
• Swedish: revolt (sv) c, uppror (sv) n
• Thai: การกบฏ (th) (gaan-gà-bòt)
• Turkish: başkaldırma (tr), isyan (tr)
• Ukrainian: повста́ння n (povstánnja), за́колот (uk) (zákolot), бунт (uk) m (bunt)
• Vietnamese: cuộc nổi dậy, cuộc khởi nghĩa
• Welsh: gwrthdrafod m, gwrthryfel m, terfysg (cy) m

Related terms

• revolting

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French révolte.

Noun

rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling рѐволт)

1. revolt

Declension

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