revolt
pronunciation
How to pronounce revolt in British English:
UK [rɪˈvəʊlt]
How to pronounce revolt in American English:
US [rɪˈvoʊlt]
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- Noun:
- organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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- Verb:
- make revolution
- fill with distaste
- cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
Word Origin
- revolt
- revolt: [16] Latin volvere meant ‘roll’ (it is the source of English vault ‘jump’). Addition of the prefix re- ‘back’ produced revolvere ‘roll back, unroll’, hence ‘come to the original point, return, revolve’. English acquired this as revolve [14], and also took over its late Latin derivative revolūtiō via Old French as revolution [14], whose leading modern meaning ‘violent overthrow of a government’ emerged in the 16th century via an intermediate ‘complete reversal’.The term revolver [19] for a pistol with a revolving chamber was apparently coined by its inventor Samuel Colt. Revolt itself came via French révolter and Italian rivoltare from Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, a derivative of revolvere.=> vault, volume
- revolt (v.)
- 1540s, from Middle French revolter (15c.), from Italian rivoltare "to overthrow, overturn," from Vulgar Latin *revolvitare "to overturn, overthrow," frequentative of Latin revolvere (past participle revolutus) "turn, roll back" (see revolve). Related: Revolted; revolting.
- revolt (n.)
- 1550s, from Middle French révolte (c. 1500), back formation from revolter (see revolt (v.)), or else from Italian rivolta.
Example
- 1. Modern dance was created as a revolt against ballet .
- 2. So far , there is no sign of revolt .
- 3. When the cows revolt , retire to saudi arabia .
- 4. The aichi revolt has echoes in other regions .
- 5. But getting rid of them caused a revolt .