révolte
French, noun
révolte is spelled R-É-V-O-L-T-E (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Révolte is a French feminine noun meaning “rebellion, mutiny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of révolter. With an accent, révolté is a different word: “past participle of révolter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rébellion, soulèvement contre l’autorité établie, tentative de révolution, ou bien simple changement…”.
What does révolte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerebellion, mutiny
Near-synonyms: rébellion, insurrection, mutinerie
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of révolter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rébellion, soulèvement contre l’autorité établie, tentative de révolution, ou bien simple changement d’allégeance. 2. Refus, opposition ferme. 3. Violente indignation, sursaut de colère, de résistance.
adjective: 1. Qui est dans la révolte.
noun: 1. Celui qui est entré en révolte
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 révolte
- révoltes plural
- révoltée feminine
- révoltés masculine plural
- révoltées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to révolte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is révolte in French?
révolte appears 14 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).