revolt

English

Etymology

From French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, from Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (roll back).

Pronunciation

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.
  2. To greatly repel.
    Your brother revolts me!

Translations

Noun

revolt (plural revolts)

  1. an act of revolt

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

French révolte

Noun

rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling рѐволт)

  1. revolt
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