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feminine

/ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/

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Translation

revolution

Word origin

From Late Latin revolutio ('a turning round'), from revolvere ('to roll back'). It described the turning of the heavens long before it described politics.

Origin: Latin
Root: revolutio
English cognates: revolution, revolve

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralrévolutions

Examples

The revolution changed the whole country.

Revolutions always claim victims.

Cette .

This machine is a real revolution.

1789.

He is studying the revolution of 1789.

Two revolutions took place in ten years.

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