révolutionnaire
French, noun/ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
révolutionnaire is spelled R-É-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E (15 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Révolutionnaire is a French feminine noun meaning “revolutionary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partisan de la révolution politique”.
What does révolutionnaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of a revolution (in government); revolutionary
- 2
groundbreaking
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerevolutionary
un révolutionnaire démographique
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tend à renverser les principes établis ; qui est très novateur. 2. Qui révolutionne 3. Qui a rapport aux révolutions politiques, qui est favorable à ces révolutions. 4. Relatif à la Révolution française.
noun: 1. Partisan de la révolution politique.
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 révolutionnaire
- révolutionnaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce révolutionnaire?
- /ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
- \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to révolutionnaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is révolutionnaire in French?
révolutionnaire appears 16 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).