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prerevolutionary

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Occurring before a revolution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prerevolution

Antonyms: postrevolutionary

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English revolutionary English prerevolutionary From pre- + revolutionary.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: дарэвалюцы́йны (darevaljucýjny) — occurring before a revolution
  • Belarusian: перадрэвалюцы́йны (pjeradrevaljucýjny) — occurring before a revolution
  • French: prérévolutionnaire — occurring before a revolution
  • German: vorrevolutionär — occurring before a revolution
  • German: prärevolutionär — occurring before a revolution
  • Hungarian: forradalom előtti — occurring before a revolution
  • Italian: prerivoluzionario — occurring before a revolution
  • Polish: przedrewolucyjny — occurring before a revolution
  • Russian: дореволюцио́нный (dorevoljuciónnyj) — occurring before a revolution
  • Russian: предреволюцио́нный (predrevoljuciónnyj) — occurring before a revolution
  • Swedish: förrevolutionär — occurring before a revolution
  • Tajik: тоинқилобӣ (toyinqilobi) — occurring before a revolution
  • Ukrainian: дореволюці́йний (dorevoljucíjnyj) — occurring before a revolution
  • Ukrainian: передреволюційний (peredrevoljucijnyj) — occurring before a revolution