rébellion
French, noun
rébellion is spelled R-É-B-E-L-L-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rébellion is a French feminine noun meaning “rebellion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, rebellion is a different word: “alternative form of rébellion”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Révolte, soulèvement, insurrection, résistance ouverte aux ordres de l’autorité légitime”.
What does rébellion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerebellion
Near-synonyms: révolte, insurrection
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of rébellion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de rébellion, par influence de rebeller.
noun: 1. Révolte, soulèvement, insurrection, résistance ouverte aux ordres de l’autorité légitime. 2. Révolte, soulèvement des sens, du cœur, de l’âme contre la raison. 3. L’ensemble des rebelles. 4. Action d’empêcher par violence et par voie de fait l’exécution des ordres de la justice.
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 rébellion
- rebellions plural
- rébellions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rébellion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rébellion in French?
rébellion appears 8.1 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).