révolter

See also: revolter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rivoltare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁe.vɔl.te/
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Verb

révolter

  1. (transitive) to revolt, appal, disgust
  2. (reflexive) to revolt, rebel (against e.g. government)

Conjugation
Conjugation of révolter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple révolter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple révoltant
/ʁe.vɔl.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle révolté
/ʁe.vɔl.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present révolte
/ʁe.vɔlt/		 révoltes
/ʁe.vɔlt/		 révolte
/ʁe.vɔlt/		 révoltons
/ʁe.vɔl.tɔ̃/		 révoltez
/ʁe.vɔl.te/		 révoltent
/ʁe.vɔlt/
imperfect révoltais
/ʁe.vɔl.tɛ/		 révoltais
/ʁe.vɔl.tɛ/		 révoltait
/ʁe.vɔl.tɛ/		 révoltions
/ʁe.vɔl.tjɔ̃/		 révoltiez
/ʁe.vɔl.tje/		 révoltaient
/ʁe.vɔl.tɛ/
past historic2 révoltai
/ʁe.vɔl.te/		 révoltas
/ʁe.vɔl.ta/		 révolta
/ʁe.vɔl.ta/		 révoltâmes
/ʁe.vɔl.tam/		 révoltâtes
/ʁe.vɔl.tat/		 révoltèrent
/ʁe.vɔl.tɛʁ/
future révolterai
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁe/		 révolteras
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁa/		 révoltera
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁa/		 révolterons
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 révolterez
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁe/		 révolteront
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional révolterais
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁɛ/		 révolterais
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁɛ/		 révolterait
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁɛ/		 révolterions
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 révolteriez
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁje/		 révolteraient
/ʁe.vɔl.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present révolte
/ʁe.vɔlt/		 révoltes
/ʁe.vɔlt/		 révolte
/ʁe.vɔlt/		 révoltions
/ʁe.vɔl.tjɔ̃/		 révoltiez
/ʁe.vɔl.tje/		 révoltent
/ʁe.vɔlt/
imperfect2 révoltasse
/ʁe.vɔl.tas/		 révoltasses
/ʁe.vɔl.tas/		 révoltât
/ʁe.vɔl.ta/		 révoltassions
/ʁe.vɔl.ta.sjɔ̃/		 révoltassiez
/ʁe.vɔl.ta.sje/		 révoltassent
/ʁe.vɔl.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — révolte
/ʁe.vɔlt/		 — révoltons
/ʁe.vɔl.tɔ̃/		 révoltez
/ʁe.vɔl.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: revoltar
  • → Romanian: revolta

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