noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈɡɪbəlin/
General-American:/ˈɡɪbəlaɪn/
General-American:/ˈɡɪbələn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɡɪbɪlaɪn/
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noun
Meaning 1
In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Holy Roman Emperor in a long struggle against the Guelphs and the Pope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, politics
Examples
2012, Elizabeth K. Haller, Dante Aleghieri (1265—1321), Lister M. Matheson (editor), Icons of the Middle Ages, Volume 1, ABC-Clio (Greenwood) page 246, The Ghibellines gained power in Florence in 1249 and immediately banished the Guelphs. Ezzelino da Romano was one of the leaders of the Ghibelline movement and had a reputation for cruelty. He is depicted by Dante as a tyrant in The Divine Comedy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Italian ghibellino, from German Waiblingen, from Middle High German Wibellingen, the name of a castle in Swabia held by the Hohenstaufen dynasty (nowadays in the township of Waiblingen), from Old High German Weibilinga, Weibelingen, possibly a suffixed form of the personal name Wabilo, Wahilo. The emperor's supporters used the name as a rallying cry, which was probably introduced to Italy during the reign of Frederick Barbarossa, 1155—1190.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
غيبلين
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Azerbaijani:
gibellin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Basque:
Gibelino
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Belarusian:
гібелі́н
(hibjelín)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Breton:
Gibellin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Breton:
Gibelin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Bulgarian:
гибелин
(gibelin)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Catalan:
gibel·lí
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Catalan:
gibel·lina
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Chinese Mandarin:
吉伯林
(jíbólín)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Czech:
ghibellin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Danish:
ghibellin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Esperanto:
Gibelino
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Estonian:
gibelliin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Finnish:
ghibelliini
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
French:
Gibelin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
French:
gibelin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
French:
Gibeline
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
French:
gibeline
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Georgian:
გიბელინ
(gibelin)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
German:
Ghibelline
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
German:
Gibelline
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
German:
Waiblinger
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Greek:
Γιβελλίνος
(Givellínos)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Hebrew:
גיבלינ
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Hungarian:
ghibellin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Icelandic:
gíbellín
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Ido:
gibelino
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Indonesian:
Ghibellin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Italian:
ghibellino
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Italian:
ghibellina
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Japanese:
皇帝派
(kōtei-ha)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Japanese:
ギベリン
(giberin)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Korean:
기벨린
(gibellin)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Norwegian:
ghibellin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Polish:
gibelin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Portuguese:
gibelino
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Portuguese:
gibelina
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Russian:
гибелли́н
(gibellín)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Serbo-Croatian:
гибели́ни
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Serbo-Croatian:
gibelíni
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Slovene:
gibelin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Spanish:
gibelino
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Spanish:
gibelina
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Swedish:
ghibellin
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Thai:
กิเบลลิโน
(gì-been-lí-noo)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
Ukrainian:
ґібелі́н
(gibelín)
— member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors
