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révolter

French, verb/ʁe.vɔl.te/

révolter is spelled R-É-V-O-L-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Révolter is a French verb meaning “to revolt, appal, disgust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soulever, porter à la révolte”.

What does révolter mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to revolt, appal, disgust

  2. 2

    to revolt, rebel (against e.g. government)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Soulever, porter à la révolte. 2. Choquer excessivement, indigner.

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 révolter

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • révoltant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • révolté participle past
  • révolte first-person indicative present
  • révoltes indicative present second-person
  • révoltons first-person indicative plural
  • révoltez indicative plural present
  • révoltent indicative plural present
  • révoltais first-person imperfect indicative
  • révoltait imperfect indicative singular
  • révoltions first-person imperfect indicative
  • révoltiez imperfect indicative plural
  • révoltaient imperfect indicative plural
  • révoltai first-person historic indicative
  • révoltas historic indicative past
  • révolta historic indicative past
  • révoltâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce révolter?

  • /ʁe.vɔl.te/
  • \ʁe.vɔl.te\
  • [ʁe.vɔl.te]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to révolter

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is révolter in French?

révolter appears 1.0 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).

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