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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also

[ English

[ Etymology

From Old French revolution, from Late Latin revolutionem (accusative of revolutio).

[ Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːʃən

[ Noun

Singular revolution

Plural revolutions

revolution (plural revolutions)

Wikipedia

1. A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change.
2. The removal and replacement of a government.
3. The turning of an object around an axis.
4. In the case of celestial bodies - the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body.
5. A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.

[ Antonyms

• (sudden, vast change): evolution

[ Derived terms

• revolutionary
• revolutionize

[ Translations

political upheaval

Arabic: ثورة (θáura) f. Chinese: 革命 (gémìng) Czech: revoluce cs(cs) f. Dutch: revolutie f. Finnish: vallankumous fi(fi) French: révolution fr(fr) f. German: Revolution de(de) f. Greek: επανάσταση el(el) (epanástasi) f. Hebrew: מהפכה (mahapekhá) f. Icelandic: bylting f. Italian: rivoluzione it(it) f. Japanese: 改革 ja(ja) (kaikaku)

Korean: 혁명 (hyeokmyeong) Kurdish: Sorani: شۆڕش ku(ku) (shorish) Polish: rewolucja pl(pl) f. Portuguese: revolução pt(pt) f. Romanian: revoluţie ro(ro) f. Russian: революция ru(ru) (revoljúcija) f. Spanish: revolución es(es) f. Swedish: revolution sv(sv) c. Telugu: విప్లవం (viplavaM) Turkish: devrim tr(tr), ihtilal tr(tr)

the removal and replacement of a government

German: Revolution de(de) f. Japanese: 革命 ja(ja) (かくめい, kakumei) Kurdish: Sorani: شۆڕش ku(ku) (shorish)

Romanian: revoluţie ro(ro) f. Russian: переворот ru(ru) (perevorót) m. Turkish: darbe tr(tr)

the turning of an object around an axis

German: Umdrehung de(de) f. Greek: περιστροφή el(el) (peristrofí) f. Japanese: 回転 ja(ja) (kaiten) Kurdish: Sorani: خول ku(ku) (xul)

Russian: вращение ru(ru) (vraščénije) n. Turkish: döngü tr(tr)

the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body

Japanese: (astronomy) 公転 ja(ja) (kōten) Kurdish: Sorani: خول ku(ku) (xul)

Russian: вращение (vraščénije) n. Turkish: döngü

a sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline

German: Revolution de(de) f. Japanese: 革命 ja(ja) (kakumei)

Turkish: devrim tr(tr)

[ See also

Compounds

• agricultural revolution
• artistic revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• solid of revolution
• information revolution