FromMiddle Englishrebel,rebell, fromOld Frenchrebelle, fromLatinrebellis(“waging war again; insurgent”), fromrebellō(“I wage war again, fight back”), fromre-(“again, back”) +bellō(“I wage war”).
rebel (pluralrebels)
- A person whoresists an establishedauthority, oftenviolently.
A group ofrebels defied the general's orders and split off from the main army.
My little sister is such arebel - coming home late, piercing her ears, and refusing to do any of her chores.
- (US, historical)Synonym ofConfederate: acitizen of theConfederate States of America,especially aConfederatesoldier.
person who resists an established authority
- Albanian:rebel (sq) m
- Arabic:مُتَمَرِّد m(mutamarrid),مُتَمَرِّدَة f(mutamarrida),ثَائِر m(ṯāʔir),عَاصٍ m(ʕāṣin)
- Armenian:ապստամբ (hy)(apstamb)
- Azerbaijani:üsyançı,qiyamçı
- Belarusian:бунтаўшчы́к m(buntawščýk),паўста́нец m(pawstánjec),бунта́р m(buntár)
- Bengali:বিদ্রোহী (bn)(bidrōhi)
- Bulgarian:бунто́вник (bg) m(buntóvnik),бунта́р (bg) m(buntár),въста́ник (bg) m(vǎstánik),мете́жник (bg) m(metéžnik)
- Burmese:သူပုန် (my)(supun)
- Catalan:rebel (ca) m orf
- Chechen:please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:反叛者(fǎnpànzhě),起義者 /起义者 (zh)(qǐyìzhě)
- Czech:povstalec m,rebel (cs) m,buřič m,vzbouřenec m
- Danish:rebel (da) c,oprører c
- Dutch:rebel (nl) m,opstandeling (nl) m
- Egyptian: (sbj)
- Esperanto:ribelulo
- Estonian:mässaja,vastuhakkaja
- Finnish:kapinallinen (fi),niskoittelija (fi),niskuri (fi)
- French:rebelle (fr) m orf
- Georgian:მეამბოხე(meamboxe),მეჯანყე(meǯanq̇e)
- German:Rebell (de) m,Aufrührer (de) m
- Greek:αντάρτης (el) m(antártis)
- Ancient Greek:ἀντάρτης m(antártēs)
- Hebrew:מוֹרֵד (he) m(moréd)
- Hindi:बाग़ी m(bāġī),बागी (hi) m(bāgī),विद्रोही (hi) m(vidrohī),द्रोही (hi) m(drohī)
- Hungarian:lázadó (hu)
- Icelandic:uppreisnarmaður (is) m
- Indonesian:pendurhaka (id)
- Italian:ribelle (it) m orf
- Japanese:反逆者 (ja)(はんぎゃくしゃ, hangyakusha)
- Kazakh:бүлікші(bülıkşı),көтерілісші(köterılısşı)
- Khmer:កុបករ (km)(kopaʼkɑɑ),អ្នកបះបោរ(nĕək bah bao)
- Korean:반역자(反逆者) (ko)(banyeokja)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish:isyanker (ku),serhildêr (ku)
- Kyrgyz:козголоңчу(kozgoloŋcu),көтөрүлүшчү(kötörülüşcü)
- Lao:ກະບົດ(ka bot)
- Latin:rebellis m
- Latvian:nemiernieks m,dumpinieks m
- Lithuanian:maištininkas m,maištininkė f,sukilėlis m,sukilėlė f
- Macedonian:бунтовник m(buntovnik),востаник m(vostanik)
- Malay:pemberontak
- Māori:kaiwhana,hauhau
- Marathi:बंडखोर m(baṇḍkhor)
- Mon:ညးသပုန် (mnw)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic:босогч (mn)(bosogč)
- Norman:révolté m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:opprører m,rebell m
- Nynorsk:opprørar m,rebell m
- Pali:(pleaseverify)dāmarika m
- Pashto:باغي m(bāǧi)
- Persian:شورشی (fa)(šureši),یاغی (fa)(bâġi)
- Polish:buntownik (pl) m,buntowniczka f,powstaniec (pl) m
- Portuguese:rebelde (pt) m orf
- Romanian:rebel (ro) m,rebelă f
- Russian:бунтовщи́к (ru) m(buntovščík),бунтовщи́ца (ru) f(buntovščíca),повста́нец (ru) m(povstánec),мяте́жник (ru) m(mjatéžnik),мяте́жница (ru) f(mjatéžnica),бунта́рь (ru) m(buntárʹ),бунта́рка (ru) f(buntárka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:побуњѐнӣк m,побуњѐница f,у̀станӣк m,у̀станица f,бу̀нто̄внӣк m,бу̀нто̄вница f
- Latin:pobunjènīk (sh) m,pobunjènica (sh) f,ùstanīk (sh) m,ùstanica (sh) f,bùntōvnīk (sh) m,bùntōvnica (sh) f
- Slovak:povstalec m,burič m,vzbúrenec m
- Slovene:upornik (sl) m
- Spanish:rebelde (es) m orf
- Swahili:mwasi
- Swedish:rebell (sv) c,upprorsman (sv) m
- Tajik:шӯришгар(šürišgar),исёнгар(isyongar),балвогар(balvogar),исёнкор(isyonkor)
- Thai:กบฏ (th)(gà-bòt)
- Turkish:isyancı (tr)
- Turkmen:gozgalaňçy
- Ukrainian:бунтівни́к (uk) m(buntivnýk),повста́нець m(povstánecʹ),бунта́р (uk) m(buntár)
- Urdu:باغی m(bāġī)
- Uyghur:ئىسيانچى(isyanchi),غەلىيانچى(gheliyanchi)
- Uzbek:isyonchi (uz),qoʻzgʻolonchi (uz)
- Vietnamese:người nổi loạn,người phiến loạn
- Welsh:gwrthryfelwr m
- Yiddish:רעבעל m(rebel),אויפֿשטאַנדלער m(oyfshtandler),אויפֿשטענדלער m(oyfshtendler),בונטאָווניק m(buntovnik),בונטאַר m(buntar)
- Zazaki:isyankar c,xoverdar c
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FromMiddle Englishrebellen, fromOld Frenchrebeller, fromLatinrebellō(“I wage war again, fight back”), fromre-(“again, back”) +bellō(“I wage war”).Doublet ofrevel.
rebel (third-person singular simple presentrebels,present participlerebelling,simple past and past participlerebelled)
- (intransitive) Toresist or becomedefiant toward anauthority.
torebel against the system
2014 April 17, Dan Shive,El Goonish Shive (webcomic),Comic for Thursday, Apr 17, 2014:"Tedd's feeling a bit rebellious." "I'mnotrebelling! I'mself actualizing! Byrebelling."
- (intransitive, politics) To forcefully subvert the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
to resist or become defiant towards
- Arabic:تَمَرَّدَ(tamarrada),(imperfect)يَتَمَرَّدُ(yatamarradu)
- Egyptian Arabic:اتمرد(itmárrad)
- Armenian:ապստամբել (hy)(apstambel)
- Belarusian:бунтава́ць impf(buntavácʹ),бунтава́цца impf(buntavácca),паўстава́ць impf(pawstavácʹ),паўста́ць pf(pawstácʹ)
- Bulgarian:бунту́вам се (bg) impf(buntúvam se),въста́вам (bg) impf(vǎstávam),въста́на pf(vǎstána)
- Chechen:please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:反叛 (zh)(fǎnpàn),造反 (zh)(zàofǎn),反抗 (zh)(fǎnkàng),起義 /起义 (zh)(qǐyì)
- Czech:bouřit se
- Danish:rebel (da)
- Dutch:rebelleren (nl),opstaan (nl)
- Egyptian: (sbj)
- Esperanto:ribeli
- Finnish:kapinoida (fi),niskuroida (fi)
- French: serebeller (fr)
- Georgian:please add this translation if you can
- German:rebellieren (de), sichauflehnen,aufbegehren (de)
- Greek:επαναστατήσει (el)(epanastatísei)
- Hebrew:מָרַד (he)(marád)
- Hindi:विद्रोह (hi) m(vidroh),द्रोह करना(droh karnā),विद्रोह करना(vidroh karnā)
- Italian:ribellarsi (it)
- Japanese:背く (ja)(somuku),抗う (ja)(aragau),反逆する (ja)(hangyaku suru),反抗する (ja)(hankō suru)
- Korean:모반하다(mobanhada)
- Latin:rebellō
- Lithuanian:maištauti
- Māori:whana
- Marathi:बंड करणे(baṇḍa karṇe)
- Polish:buntować się (pl)
- Portuguese:rebelar (pt)
- Russian:бунтова́ть (ru)(buntovátʹ),взбунтова́ться (ru) pf(vzbuntovátʹsja),восстава́ть (ru) impf(vosstavátʹ),восста́ть (ru) pf(vosstátʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic:èirich
- Serbo-Croatian:búniti (sh),pobúniti (sh)
- Slovak:búriť sa impf
- Spanish:rebelarse (es)
- Swahili:kuasi (+ direct object) (sw)
- Swedish:göra uppror,rebellera (sv),resa sig
- Thai:ก่อกบฏ(gɔ̀ɔ-gà-bòt),กบฏ (th)(gà-bòt)
- Turkish:isyan etmek (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish:قالقمق(kalkmak),آیاقلانمق(ayaklanmak)
- Ukrainian:бунтува́ти (uk) impf(buntuváty),повстава́ти impf(povstaváty),повста́ти pf(povstáty)
- Welsh:gwrthryfela (cy)
- Zazaki:isyan kerden
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Borrowed fromLatinrebellis.
rebel m orf (masculine and feminine pluralrebels)
- rebellious
- persistent,stubborn
rebel m orfby sense (pluralrebels)
- rebel
Borrowed fromGermanRebell.
rebel m anim (female equivalentrebelka)
- rebel
- Synonym:povstalec m
- Je to věčnýrebel. ―He is an eternalrebel.
Declension ofrebel (hard masculine animate)
FromMiddle Dutchrebel, fromOld Frenchrebelle, fromLatinrebellis(“waging war again; insurgent”), fromrebellō(“I wage war again, fight back”), fromre-(“again, back”) +bellō(“I wage war”).
- IPA(key): /rəˈbɛl/
- Hyphenation:re‧bel
- Rhymes:-ɛl
rebel m (pluralrebellen,diminutiverebelletje n)
- rebel
- Synonym:opstandeling
rebel (notcomparable)
- (obsolete)rebellious
- Synonyms:opstandig,rebels
Borrowed fromOld Frenchrebelle, fromLatinrebellis.
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛbɛl/,/ˈrɛbəl/,/ˈrɛːbəl/
rebel (pluralrebels orrebelx)(chiefly Late Middle English)
- Asinner(as one who rebels against a deity)
- Arebel(combatant against the extant government)
- One whorefuses to followdirectives orregulations; arulebreaker.
- (rare) Anuprising orrevolt against one's authorities.
- (rare) One'sopponent; anenemy individual.
- “rebel,n.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved16 September 2018.
- “rebel,n.(2).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved16 September 2018.
rebel
- Treasonous,rebelling; leading aninsurrection.
- Sinful,iniquitous; defying thecommands of a divineauthority.
- Disobedient,undutiful; refusing to followdirectives orlaws, or rules.
- (rare)Refractory, set in one's ways oropinions.
- (rare)Impatient, overlyhurried orquick.
rebel
- alternative form ofrebellen
Borrowed fromFrenchrebelle, fromLatinRebelle.
rebel m orn (feminine singularrebelă,masculine pluralrebeli,feminine/neuter pluralrebele)
- rebel,insurgent
