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

• révoltant
• révolte

Descendants

• → Portuguese: revoltar
• → Romanian: revolta

Further reading

• “révolter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.