Insurgent

WOTD - 3 March 2011    

English

Adjective

Insurgent (not comparable)

1. Rebellious, opposing authority.

Noun

Insurgent (plural Insurgents)

1. A rebel, guerrilla, freedom fighter.

Thesaurus

agitator, anarch, anarchist, brawler, breakaway, contumacious, extreme, extremist, extremistic, factious, frondeur, insubordinate, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto, malcontent, maverick, mutineer, mutineering, mutinous, nonconformist, rebel, rebellious, revolter, revolutional, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, riotous, seditionary, seditious, subversive, traitor, traitorous, treasonable, turbulent

Etymology

From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/
• (US) IPA: /ɪnˈsəɹdʒənt/

Translations

Adjective

rebellious

Armenian: ապստամբած (hy) (apstambac), ապստամբ (hy) (apstamb) Catalan: insurgent (ca) m. and f. Dutch: opstandig Finnish: kapinallinen (fi) French: insurgé (fr) Georgian: მეამბოხეთა (ka) (meamboxet'a) German: aufständisch

Japanese: 謀叛 (むほん, muhón), 反逆 (はんぎゃく, hangyáku) Khmer: ដែលបះបោរ (km) (dael bah bao) Latin: rebellis (la) Portuguese: insurgente (pt) m. and f. Russian: мятежный (ru) (mjatéžnyj), восставший (ru), разбушевавшийся (ru) Spanish: insurgente (es) m. and f.

Noun

rebel

Arabic: ‏مُتَمَرّد (ar) (mutamárrid) m., ثَائِر (ar) (tháa’ir) m., ‏عَاصٍ (ar) (3áaSin), عُصَاةٌ (ar) (3uSáa) pl. Armenian: ապստամբ (hy) (apstamb) Azeri: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: метежник (bg) (metéžnik) m., въстаник (bg) (vəstánik) m. Catalan: insurgent (ca) m. and f. Chechen: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 反叛份子 (fǎnpàn fènzi) Croatian: pobunjenik (hr) m. Czech: povstalec (cs) m. Dutch: opstandeling m., weerstander m., rebel Finnish: kapinallinen (fi) French: insurgé (fr) m., insurgée (fr) f. Georgian: მეამბოხე (ka) (meamboxe) German: Aufständischer (de) m., Insurgent (de) m. Greek: αντάρτης (el) (andártis) m., επαναστάτης (el) (epanastátis) m. Hebrew: מתקומם (mitkomaym) m.

Hungarian: felkelő (hu) Indonesian: pendurhaka Italian: insorto (it) Japanese: 謀叛人 (むほんにん, muhónnin), 反逆者 (はんぎゃくしゃ, hangyákusha) Khmer: អ្នកបះបោរ (km) (neak bah bao) Korean: 반역자 (banyeokja) Latin: rebellis (la) Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: rebeliant m., rebeliantka f. Portuguese: insurgente (pt) m. and f. Russian: мятежник (ru) (mjatéžnik) m., повстанец (ru) (povstánets) m., бунтовщик (ru) m., (seldom) инсургент (ru) m. Serbian: побуњеник (sr) (pobunjenik) m. Spanish: insurgente (es) m. and f. Thai: กบฎ (th) (gàbòt) Turkish: isyancı (tr) Ukrainian: повстанець (povstánets') m. Vietnamese: người khởi nghĩa

Anagrams

• unresting

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Catalan

Noun

Insurgent m. (plural Insurgents)

1. insurgent

Adjective

1. insurgent

Etymology

From Latin īnsurgentem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

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Latin

Verb

insurgent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of insurgō