rebel

English

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Etymology 1

From Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“I wage war”).

Pronunciation

enPR: rĕbʹəl, IPA: /ˈɹɛbəl/, X-SAMPA: /"rEb@l/
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Noun

rebel (plural rebels)

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

Related terms

Translations

person who resists an established authority

Arabic متمرد (ar) (mutamárrid) m, متمردة (ar) (mutamarrida) f
Armenian: ապստամբ (hy) (apstamb)
Catalan: rebel (ca) m and f
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反叛者 (cmn) (fǎnpànzhě), 起義者 (cmn), 起义者 (cmn) (qǐyìzhě)
Czech: povstalec (cs) m, rebel (cs) m, buřič (cs) m, vzbouřenec (cs) m
Dutch: rebel (nl), opstandeling (nl) m
Finnish: kapinallinen (fi), niskoittelija (fi), niskuri (fi)
French: rebelle (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Rebell (de) m, Aufrührer (de) m
Greek: αντάρτης (el) (adártis) m

Italian: ribelle (it) m and f
Japanese: 反逆者 (ja) (hangyakusha)
Jèrriais: révolté m
Lithuanian: maištininkas (lt) m, maištininkė (lt) f, sukilėlis (lt) m, sukilėlė (lt) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: opprører (nb) m

Nynorsk: opprørar (nn) m
Polish: buntownik m; powstaniec m
Portuguese: rebelde (pt) m and f
Russian: бунтовщик (ru) (buntovščík), повстанец (ru) (povstánec) m, мятежник (ru) (mjatéžnik) m, бунтарь (ru) (buntár') m
Serbo-Croatian: pobunjènīk (sh) m, pobunjènica (sh) f
Spanish: rebelde (es) m and f
Swedish: rebell (sv) c
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Old French rebeller, from Latin rebellō (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“I wage war”).

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: rĭ-bĕlʹ, IPA: /rɪˈbɛl, X-SAMPA: /rI"bEl/
Audio (US)
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Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

rebel (third-person singular simple present rebels, present participle rebelling, simple past and past participle rebelled)

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

Translations

to resist or become defiant towards

Arabic: تمرد (ar) (tamárrad) m, تمردي (ar) (tamarradī) f, تمردوا (ar) (tamarradū) pl
Egyptian Arabic: اتمرد (etmárrad) m, اتمردى (etmarrádi) f, اتمردو (etmarrádu) pl
Armenian: ապստամբել (hy) (apstambel)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反叛 (cmn) (fǎnpàn), 造反 (cmn) (zàofǎn), 反抗 (cmn) (fǎnkàng), 起義 (cmn), 起义 (cmn) (qǐyì)
Czech: bouřit se
Danish: rebel (da)
Dutch: rebelleren (nl), opstaan (nl)
Esperanto: ribeli (eo)
Finnish: kapinoida (fi), niskuroida (fi)
French: se rebeller (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: rebellieren, sich auflehnen