EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
revolt (third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted)
- To rebel, particularly against authority.
- The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
- Shakespeare
- Our discontented counties do revolt.
- To repel greatly.
- Your brother revolts me!
- Burke
- This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
- J. Morley
- To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
- To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (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.
- To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
- Milton
- Still revolt when truth would set them free.
- J. Morley
- His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.
TranslationsEdit
revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)
- an act of revolt
TranslationsEdit
act of revolting
- Albanian: kryengritje (sq) f, revoltë (sq) f
- Arabic: عِصْيَان m (ʿiṣyān), تَمَرُّد m (tamarrud)
- Armenian: դասալքութիւն (dasalkʿutʿiwn), 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 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 f, revolte (nl) f
- Esperanto: ribelo
- Estonian: mäss, ülestõus
- Finnish: kapina (fi)
- French: révolte (fr) f
- Georgian: აღშფოთება (aɣšpoteba), აჯანყება (aǯanq̇eba)
- German: Revolte (de) f
- Greek: στάση (el) f (stási)
- Hebrew: הִתְקוֹמְמוּת f (hitkomemut), מֶרֶד (he) m (méred)
- Hungarian: felkelés (hu), lázadás (hu)
- Indonesian: pemberontakan (id)
- Italian: rivolta (it) f
- Japanese: 反乱 (はんらん, hanran)
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- 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), بلوا (fa) (balvā)
- Polish: bunt (pl) m, rewolta (pl) f
- Portuguese: revolta (pt) f, rebelião (pt) f
- Romanian: revoltă (ro)
- Russian: восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije), бунт (ru) m (bunt), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž)
- Scottish Gaelic: èirigh f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: рѐволт f, 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 (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
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