rebellion

See also: Rebellion, and rébellion

English

Etymology

From Middle English rebellioun, rebellion, from Old French rebellion, from Latin rebelliō. Also see -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛliən

Noun

rebellion (countable and uncountable, plural rebellions)

The Boston Massacre, a result of rebellion, and one of the starting events of the Revolutionary War.

1. (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

   The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.

2. (countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.

   Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.

3. (countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

   The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “defiance of authority or control”): obedience, submission

Related terms

• rebel
• rebellious

Translations

armed resistance

• Albanian: rebelim (sq) m, kryengritje (sq) f
• Arabic: ثَوْرَة (ar) f (ṯawra), تَمَرُّد m (tamarrud), عِصْيَان m (ʕiṣyān), قِيَام m (qiyām)
• Armenian: ապստամբություն (hy) (apstambutʻyun), խռովություն (hy) (xṙovutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: üsyan (az), bunt, qiyam, ixtilal (dated)
• Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baş kütərew), күтәрелеш (kütəreleş)
• Belarusian: мяце́ж m (mjacjéž), паўста́нне n (paŭstánnje), бунт m (bunt)
• Bengali: বিদ্রোহ (bn) (bidrōho)
• Bulgarian: бунт (bg) m (bunt), въста́ние (bg) n (vǎstánie)
• Burmese: တော်လှန်ရေး (my) (tauhlanre:), အရေးတော်ပုံ (my) (a.re:taupum)
• Catalan: rebel·lió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 叛亂／叛乱 (bun⁶ lyun⁶)

  Mandarin: 叛亂／叛乱 (zh) (pànluàn)

• Czech: povstání (cs) n, vzpoura f, rebelie f
• Danish: oprør n
• Dutch: oproer (nl), opstand (nl) m, rebellie (nl) f, verzet (nl) n
• Egyptian: (sbjw)
• Estonian: mäss, vastuhakk
• Finnish: kapina (fi), (aseellinen) vastarinta
• French: rébellion (fr) f
• Georgian: ამბოხი (amboxi), ამბოხება (amboxeba), აჯანყება (aǯanq̇eba)
• German: Rebellion (de) f, Aufstand (de) m, Aufruhr (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀποστασία f (apostasía)

• Hebrew: מֶרֶד (he) m (méred)
• Hindi: विद्रोह (hi) m (vidroh), बग़ावत f (baġāvat)
• Hungarian: lázadás (hu), felkelés (hu), zendülés (hu)
• Icelandic: uppreisn (is) f
• Italian: ribellione (it) f
• Japanese: 反乱 (ja) (はんらん, hanran), 謀叛 (ja) (むほん, muhon), 蜂起 (ja) (ほうき, hōki), 暴動 (ja) (ぼうどう, bōdō)
• Kazakh: көтеріліс (köterılıs)
• Khmer: សង្កុបកម្ម (sangkopaʼkam), ចលាចល (km) (caʼlaacɑl)
• Korean: 반란(叛亂) (ko) (ballan), 폭동(暴動) (ko) (pokdong), 봉기(蜂起) (ko) (bonggi), 모반(謀反) (ko) (moban)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şoreş (ku), pişterêbûn (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: көтөрүлүш (ky) (kötörülüş), козголоң (kozgoloŋ)
• Lao: ຈະລາຈົນ (cha lā chon)
• Latin: rebelliō f, rebellium n
• Latvian: sacelšanās f pl
• Lithuanian: sukilimas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Rebellioun f
• Macedonian: бунт m (bunt), буна f (buna), востание n (vostanie)
• Malay: pemberontakan
• Maori: whananga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: бослого (mn) (boslogo)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠰᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (bosulg-a)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: opprør (no) n

• Oromo: fincila
• Ottoman Turkish: زوربهلق (zorbalık)
• Pashto: شورش (ps) m (šoreš), بغاوت (ps) m (bagāwat), عصيان (ps) m ('osyān), قيام (ps) m (qeyām)
• Persian: شورِش (fa) (šureš), عِصیان (fa) ('esyân), قیام (fa) (qiyâm)
• Polish: rebelia (pl) f, rewolta (pl) f, bunt (pl) m, powstanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: rebelião (pt) f, revolta (pt), insurreição (pt)
• Romanian: rebeliune (ro) f, răscoală (ro) f
• Russian: восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž), бунт (ru) m (bunt)
• Sanskrit: विकृति (sa) f (vikṛti), राजद्रोह (sa) m (rājadroha), स्वामिद्रोह m (svāmidroha)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бу́на f, по̏буна f, у̀станак f

  Roman: búna (sh) f, pȍbuna (sh) f, ùstanak (sh) f

• Sinhalese: කැරැල්ල (kærælla)
• Slovak: povstanie n, vzbura f
• Slovene: upor (sl) m
• Southern Altai: тӱймеен (tüymeen)
• Spanish: rebelión (es) f, insurrección f
• Swedish: uppror (sv)
• Tajik: шуриш (šuriš), исён (isyon), қиём (qiyom), ихтилол (ixtilol)
• Tatar: күтәрелеш (tt) (kütäreleş), ихтилал (tt) (ixtilal)
• Thai: การกบฏ (th) (gaan-gà-bòt), จลาจล (th) (jà-laa-jon)
• Turkish: isyan (tr), başkaldırma (tr), ihtilal (tr)
• Turkmen: gozgalaň
• Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎌𐎓 (pšʿ)
• Ukrainian: повста́ння n (povstánnja), бунт (uk) m (bunt), за́колот (uk) m (zákolot)
• Urdu: بَغاوَت f (baġāvat), شورِش (śūriś), عِصْیان ('isyān)
• Uyghur: ئىسيان (isyan), ئىختىلال (ixtilal)
• Uzbek: qoʻzgʻolon (uz), isyon (uz), gʻalayon (uz), ixtilol (uz) (literary)
• Vietnamese: khởi nghĩa (vi), nổi dậy (vi)
• Welsh: gwrthryfel m
• Yiddish: אויפֿשטאַנד m (oyfshtand)
• Zazaki: isyan m, serehewadış, surıs m

defiance

• Armenian: դիմադրություն (hy) (dimadrutʻyun)
• Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baş kütərew), күтәрелеш (kütəreleş)
• Belarusian: непаслушэ́нства n (njepaslušénstva), бунт m (bunt)
• Bulgarian: съпроти́ва (bg) f (sǎprotíva), недово́лство (bg) n (nedovólstvo)
• Catalan: rebel·lió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 違抗／违抗 (zh) (wéikàng), 叛逆 (zh) (pànnì), 逆反 (zh) (nìfǎn)

• Czech: vzpoura f, povstání (cs) n, rebelie f
• Esperanto: ribelo
• Finnish: vastarinta (fi)
• German: Rebellion (de) f
• Hungarian: ellenszegülés (hu)
• Italian: ribellione (it) f
• Japanese: 反抗 (ja) (はんこう, hankō), 反逆 (ja) (はんぎゃく, hangyaku), 反発 (ja) (はんぱつ, hanpatsu), 無視 (ja) (むし, mushi)
• Korean: 반항(反抗) (ko) (banhang)
• Lithuanian: maištas m
• Macedonian: бунт m (bunt)
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• Polish: bunt (pl) m
• Portuguese: rebelião (pt) f
• Russian: неповинове́ние (ru) n (nepovinovénije), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž), (colloquial), бунт (ru) m (bunt) (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: буна f, побуна f

  Roman: búna (sh) f, pȍbuna (sh) f

• Spanish: rebelión (es) f
• Swedish: uppror (sv) n, trots (sv) n
• Ukrainian: непоко́ра f (nepokóra), бунт (uk) m (bunt)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 내란죄 (naeranjoe)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} rebellio, ^{(please verify)} rebellatio

Anagrams

• elleborin

French

Noun

rebellion f (plural rebellions)

1. Alternative form of rébellion

Lombard

Pronunciation

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /rebeˈljũː/

Noun

rebellion f

1. rebellion

Middle English

Noun

rebellion

1. Alternative form of rebellioun