insurgent

English

WOTD – 3 March 2011

Etymology

From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/
(US) IPA: /ɪnˈsəɹdʒənt/

Adjective

insurgent (not comparable)

Rebellious, opposing authority.
- Motley
  The insurgent provinces.

Translations

rebellious

Armenian: ապստամբած (hy) (apstambac), ապստամբ (hy) (apstamb)
Catalan: insurgent (ca)
Dutch: opstandig (nl)
Finnish: kapinallinen (fi)
French: insurgé (fr)
Georgian: მეამბოხეთა (ka) (meamboxet'a)
German: aufständisch (de)
Japanese: 謀叛 (ja) (むほん, muhon), 反逆 (ja) (はんぎゃく, hangyaku)
Khmer: ដែលបះបោរ (km) (dael bah bao)

Latin: rebellis (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: opprørsk (nb)

Nynorsk: opprørsk (nn)
Portuguese: insurgente (pt)
Russian: мятежный (ru) (mjatéžnyj), восставший (ru) (vosstavšij), разбушевавшийся (ru) (razbuševavšijsja)
Spanish: insurgente (es)

Noun

insurgent (plural insurgents)

A rebel, guerrilla, freedom fighter.

Translations

rebel

Arabic: ‏مُتَمَرّد (ar) (mutamárrid) m, ثَائِر (ar) (tháa’ir) m, ‏عَاصٍ (ar) (3áaSin) m, عُصَاةٌ (ar) (3uSáa) pl
Armenian: ապստամբ (hy) (apstamb)
Azeri: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: метежник (bg) (metéžnik) m, въстаник (bg) (vəstánik) m
Catalan: insurgent (ca) m and f
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反叛份子 (cmn) (fǎnpàn fènzi)
Czech: povstalec (cs) m
Dutch: opstandeling (nl) m, weerstander (nl) m, rebel (nl)
Finnish: kapinallinen (fi)
French: insurgé (fr) m, insurgée (fr) f
Georgian: მეამბოხე (ka) (meamboxe)
German: Aufständischer (de) m, Insurgent (de) m
Greek: αντάρτης (el) (andártis) m, επαναστάτης (el) (epanastátis) m
Hebrew: מתקומם (he) (mitkomaym) m
Hungarian: felkelő (hu)
Indonesian: pendurhaka (id)

Italian: insorto (it)
Japanese: 謀叛人 (ja) (むほんにん, muhonnin), 反逆者 (ja) (はんぎゃくしゃ, hangyakusha)
Khmer: អ្នកបះបោរ (km) (neak bah bao), កុបករ (km) (ko’pa’kɑɑ)
Korean: 반역자 (ko) (banyeokja)
Latin: rebellis (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: opprører (nb) m

Nynorsk: opprørar (nn) m
Persian: شورشی (fa) (šureši)
Polish: rebeliant (pl) m, rebeliantka (pl) f
Portuguese: insurgente (pt) m and f
Russian: мятежник (ru) (mjatéžnik) m, повстанец (ru) (povstánets) m, бунтовщик (ru) (buntovščik) m, (seldom) инсургент (ru) (insurgent) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: побуњеник (sh) m

Roman: pobunjenik (sh) m
Spanish: insurgente (es) m and f
Thai: กบฎ (th) (gàbòt)
Turkish: isyancı (tr)
Ukrainian: повстанець (uk) (povstánets') m
Vietnamese: người khởi nghĩa