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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French révolution, from Latin revolūtiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reː.voːˈly.(t)si/
- Hyphenation: re‧vo‧lu‧tie
- Rhymes: -ytsi
Noun
revolutie f (plural revoluties, diminutive revolutietje n)
- revolution (sudden change; upheaval, putsch)
- Castro kwam aan de macht door middel van een revolutie.
- Castro came into power through a revolution.
- Het internet heeft voor een revolutie gezorgd in mijn vakgebied.
- The internet brought about a revolution in my line of work.
- Synonym: omwenteling
- (obsolete, astronomy) revolution, rotation (complete turn across an orbit or around an axis)
- Synonym: omwenteling
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