rebellion

See also: Rebellion and rébellion

English

Etymology

From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebellio. Also see -ion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/
Audio (RP) (file)

Noun

rebellion (countable and uncountable, plural rebellions)

The Boston Massacre, a result of rebellion, and one of the starting events of the Revolutionary War.

(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.
(countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.
(countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.

Antonyms

(defiance of authority or control): obedience, submission

Related terms

rebel
rebellious

Translations

armed resistance

Albanian: rebelim (sq) m, kryengritje (sq) f
Arabic: ثَوْرَة‎ (ar) f (ṯawra), تَمَرُّد‎ m (tamarrud), عِصْيَان‎ m (ʿiṣyān)
Armenian: ապստամբություն (hy) (apstambutʿyun), խռովություն (hy) (xṙovutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: üsyan (az), bunt, qiyam
Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baş kütärew), күтәрелеш (kütäreleş)
Belarusian: мяце́ж m (mjacjéž), паўста́нне n (paŭstánnje), бунт m (bunt)
Bengali: বিদ্রোহ (bidrohô)
Bulgarian: бунт (bg) m (bunt), въста́ние (bg) n (vǎstánie)
Burmese: တော်လှန်ရေး (my) (tauhlanre:), အရေးတော်ပုံ (my) (a.re:taupum)
Catalan: rebel·lió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 叛亂／叛乱 (zh) (pànluàn)
Czech: povstání (cs) n, vzpoura f, rebelie f
Danish: oprør n
Dutch: oproer (nl), opstand (nl) m, rebellie (nl) f, verzet (nl) n
Egyptian:

(sbjw)
Estonian: mäss, vastuhakk
Finnish: kapina (fi), (aseellinen) vastarinta
French: rébellion (fr) f
Georgian: ამბოხი (amboxi), ამბოხება (amboxeba), აჯანყება (aǯanq̇eba)
German: Rebellion (de) f, Aufstand (de) m, Aufruhr (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἀποστασία f (apostasía)
Hebrew: מֶרֶד‎ (he) m (méred)
Hindi: विद्रोह (hi) m (vidroh), बग़ावत f (baġāvat)
Hungarian: lázadás (hu), felkelés (hu), zendülés (hu)
Icelandic: uppreisn (is) f
Italian: ribellione (it) f
Japanese: 反乱 (ja) (はんらん, hanran), 謀叛 (ja) (むほん, muhon), 蜂起 (ja) (ほうき, hōki), 暴動 (ja) (ぼうどう, bōdō)
Kazakh: көтеріліс (kk) (köterılıs)
Khmer: សង្កុបកម្ម (sangkopaʼkam), ចលាចល (km) (caʼlaacɑl)
Korean: 반란(叛亂) (ko) (ballan), 폭동(暴動) (ko) (pokdong), 봉기(蜂起) (ko) (bonggi), 모반(謀反) (ko) (moban)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: şoreş (ku), pişterêbûn (ku) f
Kyrgyz: көтөрүлүш (ky) (kötörülüş), козголоң (kozgoloŋ)
Lao: ຈະລາຈົນ (cha lā chon)
Latin: rebelliō f, rebellium n
Latvian: sacelšanās f pl
Lithuanian: sukilimas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Rebellioun f
Macedonian: бунт m (bunt), буна f (buna), востание n (vostanie)
Malay: pemberontakan
Maori: whananga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бослого (mn) (boslogo)
Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠰᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (bosulɣ'a)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: opprør (no) n
Oromo: fincila
Ottoman Turkish: زوربهلق‎ (zorbalık)
Pashto: شورش‎ (ps) m (šoréš), بغاوت‎ (ps) m (bagāwát), عصيان‎ (ps) m (osyãn), قيام‎ (ps) m (qeyãm)
Persian: شورش‎ (fa) (šureš), عصیان‎ (fa) ('esyân), قیام‎ (fa) (qiyâm)
Polish: rebelia (pl) f, rewolta (pl) f, bunt (pl) m, powstanie (pl) n
Portuguese: rebelião (pt) f, revolta (pt), insurreição (pt)
Romanian: rebeliune (ro) f, răscoală (ro) f
Russian: восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž), бунт (ru) m (bunt)
Sanskrit: विकृति (sa) f (vikṛti), राजद्रोह (sa) m (rājadroha), स्वामिद्रोह m (svāmidroha)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бу́на f, по̏буна f, у̀станак f
Roman: búna (sh) f, pȍbuna (sh) f, ùstanak (sh) f
Sinhalese: කැරැල්ල (kærælla)
Slovak: povstanie n, vzbura f
Slovene: upor (sl) m
Southern Altai: тӱймеен (tüymeen)
Spanish: rebelión (es) f, insurrección f
Swedish: uppror (sv)
Tajik: шуриш (šuriš), исьён (is'yon), қиём (qiyom)
Tatar: күтәрелеш (tt) (kütäreleş), ихтилал (tt) (ixtilal)
Thai: การกบฏ (th) (gaan-gà-bòt), จลาจล (th) (jà-laa-jon)
Turkish: isyan (tr), başkaldırma (tr)
Turkmen: gozgalaň
Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎌𐎓 (pšʿ)
Ukrainian: повста́ння n (povstánnja), бунт (uk) m (bunt), за́колот (uk) m (zákolot)
Urdu: بغاوت‎ f (baġāvat), شورش‎ (śūriś)
Uyghur: ئىسيان‎ (isyan), ئىختىلال‎ (ixtilal)
Uzbek: qoʻzgʻolon (uz), isyon (uz), gʻalayon (uz)
Vietnamese: khởi nghĩa (vi), nổi dậy (vi)
Welsh: gwrthryfel m
Yiddish: אויפֿשטאַנד‎ m (oyfshtand)
Zazaki: isyan m, serehewadış, surıs m

defiance

Armenian: դիմադրություն (hy) (dimadrutʿyun)
Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baş kütärew), күтәрелеш (kütäreleş)
Bulgarian: съпроти́ва (bg) f (sǎprotíva), недово́лство (bg) n (nedovólstvo)
Catalan: rebel·lió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 違抗／违抗 (zh) (wéikàng), 叛逆 (zh) (pànnì), 逆反 (zh) (nìfǎn)
Czech: vzpoura f, povstání (cs) n, rebelie f
Esperanto: ribelo
Finnish: vastarinta (fi)
German: Rebellion (de) f
Hungarian: ellenszegülés (hu)
Italian: ribellione (it) f
Japanese: 反抗 (ja) (はんこう, hankō), 反逆 (ja) (はんぎゃく, hangyaku), 反発 (ja) (はんぱつ, hanpatsu), 無視 (ja) (むし, mushi)
Lithuanian: maištas m
Ngazidja Comorian: ufwakuzi class 11/10a
Polish: bunt (pl) m
Portuguese: rebelião (pt) f
Russian: неповинове́ние (ru) n (nepovinovénije), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž), (colloquial), бунт (ru) m (bunt) (colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: буна f, побуна f
Roman: búna (sh) f, pȍbuna (sh) f
Spanish: rebelión (es) f
Swedish: uppror (sv) n, trots (sv) n
Ukrainian: непоко́ра f (nepokóra), бунт (uk) m (bunt)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 내란죄 (naeranjoe)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} rebellio, ^{(please verify)} rebellatio

Anagrams

elleborin

French

Noun

rebellion f (plural rebellions)

Alternative form of rébellion

Middle English

Noun

rebellion

Alternative form of rebellioun