revolutionary

English

Etymology

Compare French révolutionnaire.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛvəˈluːʃənɹi/, /-ˈljuː-/

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Adjective

revolutionary (comparative more revolutionary, superlative most revolutionary)

1. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution

   revolutionary war

   revolutionary measures

   revolutionary agitators

2. pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset

   a revolutionary new tool

3. (sciences) pertaining to something that revolves

Translations

of or pertaining to a revolution in government

• Albanian: revolucionar (sq)
• Arabic: ثَوْرِيّ‎ (ṯawriyy)
• Armenian: հեղափոխական (hy) (hełapʿoxakan)
• Azerbaijani: inqilabi
• Belarusian: рэвалюцы́йны (revaljucýjny)
• Bengali: ইনকিলাবি (inkilabi), বিপ্লবী (biplôbi)
• Bulgarian: революцио́нен (revoljuciónen)
• Catalan: revolucionari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 革命性的 (zh) (gémìngxìng de), 革命的 (zh) (gémìng de)

• Czech: revoluční (cs)
• Danish: revolutionær (da)
• Dutch: baanbrekend (nl)
• Estonian: revolutsiooniline
• Finnish: vallankumouksellinen (fi)
• French: révolutionnaire (fr)
• Georgian: რევოლუციური (revoluciuri)
• German: revolutionär (de)
• Greek: επαναστατικός (el) (epanastatikós)
• Hebrew: מַהְפֵּכָנִי‎ (mahapkháni)
• Hindi: क्रांतिकारी (hi) (krāntikārī), इंक़िलाबी (ĩqilābī), इंक़लाबी (ĩqlābī)
• Hungarian: forradalmi (hu)
• Irish: réabhlóideach
• Italian: rivoluzionario (it)
• Japanese: 革命的な (ja) (かくめいてきな, kakumeiteki na)
• Kazakh: революциялық (revolywcïyalıq)
• Korean: 혁명의 (ko) (hyeongmyeong'ui), 혁명적 (革命的) (ko) (hyeongmyeongjeok)

• Kyrgyz: революциялык (revolyutsiyalıq)
• Latvian: revolucionārs
• Lithuanian: revoliucinis, revoliucingas
• Macedonian: револуционе́рен (revolucionéren)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: revolusjonær

  Nynorsk: revolusjonær

• Pashto: انقلابي‎ (ps) (enqelābí)
• Persian: انقلابی‎ (fa) (enqelâbi)
• Polish: rewolucyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: revolucionário (pt)
• Romanian: revoluționar (ro)
• Russian: революцио́нный (ru) (revoljuciónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: rèabhlaideach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ре̏волуциона̄ран

  Roman: rȅvolucionāran (sh)

• Slovak: revolučný
• Slovene: revolucionaren
• Spanish: revolucionario (es)
• Swedish: revolutionär (sv)
• Tajik: револютсионӣ (revolyutsionī), инқилобӣ (tg) (inqilobī)
• Ukrainian: революці́йний (revoljucíjnyj)
• Urdu: انقلابی‎ (inqalābī)
• Uyghur: ئېنقىلابىي‎ (ënqilabiy)
• Uzbek: inqilobiy (uz)
• Volapük: levolutik
• Welsh: chwyldroadol (cy)

of or pertaining to a revolutionary, revolutionist

• Finnish: vallankumouksellinen (fi)
• Greek: επαναστατικός (el) (epanastatikós)
• Irish: réabhlóideach

• Maori: whakawhana
• Portuguese: revolucionário (pt)
• Volapük: (♂♀) levolutanik, (♂) hilevolutanik, (♀) jilevolutanik

something that signifies great change

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 革命性的 (zh) (gémìngxìng de)

• Danish: revolutionær (da), banebrydende, epokegørende
• Faroese: kollveltingarsamur, slóðbrótandi
• Finnish: mullistava (fi), uraauurtava (fi), vallankumouksellinen (fi)
• Greek: επαναστατικός (el) (epanastatikós)

• Icelandic: byltingarkenndur
• Irish: réabhlóideach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: revolusjonær, revolusjonerende, banebrytende, banebrytande

  Nynorsk: revolusjonær

• Portuguese: revolucionário (pt)
• Swedish: revolutionär (sv), banbrytande (sv), revolutionerande (sv), epokgörande (sv)

Noun

revolutionary (plural revolutionaries)

1. A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
2. (music), (informal) Chopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12

Translations

a revolutionist; a person who revolts

• Albanian: revolucionar (sq) m
• Arabic: ثَوْرِيّ‎ m (ṯawriyy), ثَوْرِيَّة‎ f (ṯawriyya)
• Armenian: հեղափոխական (hy) (hełapʿoxakan)
• Azerbaijani: inqilabçı
• Belarusian: рэвалюцыяне́р m (revaljucyjanjér), рэвалюцыяне́рка f (revaljucyjanjérka)
• Bulgarian: революционе́р (bg) m (revoljucionér), революционе́рка f (revoljucionérka)
• Burmese: တော်လှန်ရေးသမား (my) (tauhlanre:sa.ma:)
• Catalan: revolucionari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 革命家 (gaak³ ming⁶ gaa¹)

  Mandarin: 革命家 (zh) (gémìngjiā), 革命者 (zh) (gémìngzhě)

• Crimean Tatar: inqilapçı
• Czech: revolucionář m, revolucionářka f
• Danish: revolutionær (da) c
• Dutch: revolutionair (nl) m
• Estonian: revolutsionäär
• Finnish: vallankumouksellinen (fi)
• French: révolutionnaire (fr) m or f
• Georgian: რევოლუციონერი (revolucioneri)
• German: Revolutionär (de) m, Revolutionärin (de) f
• Greek: επαναστάτης (el) m (epanastátis), επαναστάτρια (el) f (epanastátria)
• Hebrew: רֶבוֹלוּצְיוֹנֶר‎ m (revolutsionér), מַהְפְּכָן‎ m (mahapkhán)
• Hindi: क्रांतिकारक m (krāntikārak), परिवर्तनवादी m (parivartanvādī)
• Hungarian: forradalmár (hu)
• Irish: réabhlóidí m
• Italian: rivoluzionario (it), rivoluzionaria (it) f
• Japanese: 革命家 (ja) (かくめいか, kakumeika)
• Kazakh: төңкеріскер (töñkerisker), революцияшыл (revolywcïyaşıl), революционер (revolywcïoner)
• Khmer: អ្នកបដិវត្ត (nĕək paʼdevŏət)
• Korean: 혁명가 (革命家) (ko) (hyeongmyeongga)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شۆڕشگێڕ‎ (şorrişgêrr)

  Northern Kurdish: şoreşger (ku), înqilapger

• Kyrgyz: революционер (revolyutsioner)
• Lao: ນັກປະຕິວັດ

• Latvian: revolucionārs m, revolucionāre f
• Lithuanian: revoliucionierius m, revoliucionierė f
• Macedonian: револуционе́р m (revolucionér), револуционе́рка f (revolucionérka)
• Malay: revolusioner
• Malayalam: വിപ്ലവകാരി (ml) (viplavakāri)
• Maori: kaiwhana, kaiwhakatuma, hauhau
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хувьсгалч (mn) (khuvisgalch), хувьсгалт (mn) (khuvisgalt)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: revolusjonær m

  Nynorsk: revolusjonær m

• Persian: انقلابی‎ (fa) (enqelâbi)
• Polish: rewolucjonista (pl) m, rewolucjonistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: revolucionário (pt) m, revolucionária f
• Romanian: revoluționar (ro) m, revoluționară (ro) f
• Russian: революционе́р (ru) m (revoljucionér), революционе́рка (ru) f (revoljucionérka)
• Scottish Gaelic: rèabhlaideach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: револуцио̀на̄р m, револуцио̀на̄рка f

  Roman: revoluciònār (sh) m, revoluciònārka (sh) f

• Slovak: revolucionár m, revolucionárka f
• Slovene: revolucionar m, revolucionarka f
• Spanish: revolucionario (es) m, revolucionaria (es) f
• Swahili: mpinduzi
• Swedish: revolutionär (sv) c
• Tagalog: rebolusyonaryo (tl)
• Tajik: инқилобчӣ (inqilobčī)
• Tatar: революционер (rewolyutsioner)
• Thai: นักปฏิวัติ (nák-bpà-dtì-wát)
• Turkish: devrimci (tr), inkilapçı
• Turkmen: ynkylapçy
• Ukrainian: революціоне́р m (revoljucionér), революціоне́рка f (revoljucionérka)
• Uyghur: ئىنقىلابچى‎ (inqilabchi)
• Uzbek: revolyutsioner (uz), inqilobchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà cách mạng (家革命)
• Volapük: (♂♀) levolutan (vo), (♂) hilevolutan, (♀) jilevolutan
• Yiddish: רעוואָלוציאָנער‎ m (revolutsyoner)