# 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: /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹɪˈvəʊlt/, /ɹɪˈvɒlt/
* Rhymes: -əʊlt, -ɒlt
* Hyphenation: re‧volt

### Verb

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.
** c. 1596 (date written), 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, [Act V, scene i], page 18, column 1:Our diſcontented Counties doe reuolt
* To repel greatly.
    Your brother revolts me!
** 1796–1797, Edmund Burke, “Letters on a Regicide Peace, Continued from Vol. VIII. Letter IV. To the Earl Fitzwilliam.”, in [Walker King], editor, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, new edition, volume IX, London: […] [R. Gilbert] for C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], published 1826, →OCLC, page 118:I shall be told, that 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.
* 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, page 567:The foring clouds into fad fhowres y molt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt.
* (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.
** 1673, John Milton, “[Sonnet] XII. On the Same [Tetrachordon].”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC, 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

| infinitive | (to) revolt | (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 | revolted |
| subjunctive | revolt | revolted |
| imperative | revolt | — |
| participles | revolting | revolted |
$^†$Archaic or obsolete.

#### Translations

Arabic: ثَارَ (ṯāra), تَمَرَّدَ (tamarrada)
Catalan: revoltar (ca)
Danish: oprøre
Dutch: rebelleren (nl), in opstand komen
Egyptian: (sbj)
Finnish: kapinoida (fi)
French: se révolter (fr)
German: revoltieren (de)
Greek: επαναστατώ (el) (epanastató)
Hittite: 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒄑𒍣 (a-ra-a-iz-zi)
Indonesian: berbalik (id)
Malay: berontak
Maori: whana
Neapolitan: s'arrevotà
Ottoman Turkish: قالقمق (kalkmak), آیاقلانمق (ayaklanmak)
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, avfalla (sv)
Welsh: gwrthryfela (cy), terfysgu (cy) :

### Noun

revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)
* An act of revolting.
    Synonyms: armed revolt, insurrection, rebellion
    — It's a revolt?
    — No, Sire, it's a revolution...

#### Derived terms

* December revolt

#### Translations

Albanian: kryengritje (sq) f, revoltë (sq) f
Arabic: عِصْيَان m (ʕiṣyān), تَمَرُّد m (tamarrud)
Armenian: ապստամբութիւն (apstambutʻiwn)
Azerbaijani: üsyan (az)
Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baş kütərew), күтәрелеш (kütəreleş)
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 (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

### Anagrams

* volter

## Catalan
### Etymology

From older revoldre, from Latin revolūtus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rəˈβɔl]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rəˈvɔlt]
* IPA: (Valencia) [reˈvɔlt]

### Noun

revolt m (plural revolts)
* turn
    Synonym: girada
* curve, bend
    Synonym: gir

#### Derived terms

* revoltillar
* revoltim
* revoltó

### Adjective

revolt (feminine revolta, masculine plural revolts, feminine plural revoltes)
* 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, 2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French révolte.

### Noun

rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling рѐволт)
* revolt

#### Declension

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