rebelle
French, noun
rebelle is spelled R-E-B-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rebelle is a French feminine noun meaning “rebel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rebeller. With an accent, rebellé is a different word: “past participle of rebeller”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne participant à une rébellion, à une révolte”.
What does rebelle mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rebellious
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerebel
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of rebeller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui refuse obéissance à une autorité légitime ou établie. 2. Qui résiste à un effort. 3. Qui est impropre à une chose, qui n’a pas de dispositions pour une chose. 4. Qui ne peut pas se traiter ou ne peut se traiter que fort difficilement.
noun: 1. Personne participant à une rébellion, à une révolte. 2. Personne refusant de se plier à des règles de comportement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rebelle
- rebelles plural
- rebellée feminine
- rebellés masculine plural
- rebellées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rebelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rebelle in French?
rebelle appears 8.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).