revolt

revolt

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: rĭ-vōltʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭ-vōltʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvəʊlt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɒlt/

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• Rhymes: -əʊlt
• Hyphenation: re‧volt

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.

   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:

     Our discontented counties do revolt.

2. To repel greatly.

   Your brother revolts me!

   • 1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:

     This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.

   • 1870, John Morley, Condorcet (published in the Fortnightly Review

     To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.

3. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:

     The soring clouds into sad showres ymolt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force revolt

4. (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.

5. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
   • 1673, John Milton, “[Sonnet] XII. On the Same [Tetrachordon].”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], OCLC 1050806759, page 57:

     And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free.

   • 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot

     His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.

Conjugation

Conjugation of revolt

infinitive	(to) revolt
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	revolt	revolted
2nd-person singular	revolt, revoltest†	revolted, revoltedst†
3rd-person singular	revolts, revolteth†	revolted
plural	revolt
subjunctive	revolt	revolted
imperative	revolt	—
participles	revolting	revolted

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Translations

to rebel — See also translations at rebel,‎ rise up

Catalan: revoltar (ca) Dutch: rebelleren (nl), in opstand komen Egyptian: (sbj) Finnish: kapinoida (fi) French: se révolter (fr) German: revoltieren (de) Greek: επαναστατώ (el) (epanastató) Indonesian: berbalik (id) Malay: berontak Maori: whana Neapolitan: s'arrevotà Persian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: revoltar (pt) Romanian: revolta (ro) Russian: восстава́ть (ru) impf (vosstavátʹ), восста́ть (ru) pf (vosstátʹ) Scottish Gaelic: èirich Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бу́нити, побу́нити Roman: búniti (sh), pobúniti (sh) Spanish: alzarse en protesta Swedish: revoltera (sv), göra uppror Welsh: gwrthryfela (cy), terfysgu (cy)

to greatly repel

Bulgarian: отвраща́вам (bg) impf (otvraštávam) Catalan: revoltar (ca) Finnish: inhottaa (fi) French: révolter (fr) Ido: nauzeigar (io)

Noun

revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)

1. An act of revolt.

   Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion

Translations

act of revolting

Albanian: kryengritje (sq) f, revoltë (sq) f Arabic: عِصْيَان‎ m (ʿiṣyān), تَمَرُّد‎ m (tamarrud) Armenian: ապստամբութիւն (apstambutʿiwn) Azerbaijani: üsyan (az) Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baş kütärew), күтәрелеш (kütäreleş) Basque: matxinada, errebolta Belarusian: паўста́нне n (paŭstánnje), бунт m (bunt) Breton: ravolt m Bulgarian: въста́ние (bg) n (vǎstánie), бунт (bg) m (bunt) Catalan: revolta (ca) f, rebel·lió (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 暴亂／暴乱 (zh) (bàoluàn), 反亂／反乱 (zh) (fǎnluàn) Czech: vzpoura f Danish: oprør n, opstand c Dutch: opstand (nl) f, rebellie (nl) f, revolte (nl) f Egyptian: (sbjw) Esperanto: ribelo Estonian: mäss, ülestõus Finnish: kapina (fi) French: révolte (fr) f Galician: revolta f Georgian: აღშფოთება (aɣšpoteba), აჯანყება (aǯanq̇eba) German: Revolte (de) f Greek: στάση (el) f (stási) Ancient: ἀποστασία f (apostasía) Hebrew: הִתְקוֹמְמוּת‎ f (hitkomemut), מֶרֶד‎ (he) m (méred) Hungarian: felkelés (hu), lázadás (hu) Indonesian: pemberontakan (id) Italian: rivolta (it) f Japanese: 反乱 (ja) (はんらん, hanran) Kazakh: көтеріліс (kk) (köterılıs) Korean: 반란(叛亂) (ko) (ballan), 반발(反撥) (ko) (banbal), 폭동(暴動) (ko) (pokdong) Kyrgyz: көтөрүлүш (ky) (kötörülüş), козголоң (kozgoloŋ) Latvian: sacelšanās m pl Lithuanian: sukilimas (lt) m, maištas m, pasibjaurėjimas m Macedonian: револт f (revolt), востание n (vostanie) Maori: whananga Norwegian: Bokmål: opprør (no) n Nynorsk: opprør n Persian: شورش‎ (fa) (šureš), طغیان‎ (fa) (toğyân), بلوا‎ (fa) (balvâ) Polish: bunt (pl) m, rewolta (pl) f Portuguese: revolta (pt) f, rebelião (pt) f Romanian: revoltă (ro) f Russian: восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije), бунт (ru) m (bunt), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž) Scottish Gaelic: èirigh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: рѐволт m, 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 Tajik: шуриш (šuriš), туғён (tuġyon), балво (balvo) Thai: การกบฏ (th) (gaan-gà-bòt) Turkish: başkaldırma (tr), isyan (tr) Ukrainian: повста́ння n (povstánnja), за́колот (uk) (zákolot), бунт (uk) m (bunt) Uzbek: qoʻzgʻolon (uz) Vietnamese: cuộc nổi dậy, cuộc khởi nghĩa Welsh: gwrthdrafod m, gwrthryfel m, terfysg (cy) m

Related terms

• revolting

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Catalan

Etymology

From older revoldre, from Latin revolūtus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəˈvɔlt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /rəˈbɔl/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /reˈvɔlt/

Noun

revolt m (plural revolts)

1. curve, bend

   Synonym: gir

Adjective

revolt (feminine revolta, masculine plural revolts, feminine plural revoltes)

1. disordered, agitated

   Synonym: desordenat

Further reading

• “revolt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “revolt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “revolt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French révolte.

Noun

rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling рѐволт)

1. revolt

Declension

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