révolutionnaire

French

Etymology

From révolution +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
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Adjective

révolutionnaire (plural révolutionnaires)

  1. (relational) of a revolution (in government); revolutionary
    • 1873, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, with Paul Lafargue, L'Alliance Internationale de la Démocratie Socialiste et L'Association internationale des travailleurs, page 12; English translation from Richard Dixon, Alex Miller, transl., The Alliance of Socialist Democracy and the International Working Men's Association (The Hague Congress of the First International, September 2-7, 1872; Minutes and Documents), 1976, page 517:
      Par [É]tat il [Bakounine] entend tout pouvoir politique, révolutionnaire on[sic – meaning ou] réactionnaire, […]
      By the state he [Bakunin] means all political power, revolutionary or reactionary, […]
  2. groundbreaking

Descendants

  • → Persian: رولوسیونر (revolusiyoner)
  • → Turkish: revolüsyoner

Noun

révolutionnaire m or f by sense (plural révolutionnaires)

  1. revolutionary
    un révolutionnaire démographique
    a demographic revolutionary

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