mutiny

English

Etymology

From Middle French mutiner.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmju.tə.ni/, /ˈmjut.ni/ (syncopated)
• enPR: myo͞oʹtə-nē, myo͞otʹnē

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

mutiny (countable and uncountable, plural mutinies)

1. An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
   • 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:

     In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader.

2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves.

Related terms

• mutineer
• mutinous

Translations

organized rebellion

Albanian: kryengritje (sq) f Arabic: عِصْيَان m (ʕiṣyān), تَمَرُّد m (tamarrud), ثَوْرَة (ar) f (ṯawra), قِيَام m (qiyām) Armenian: խռովություն (hy) (xṙovutʻyun) Azerbaijani: qiyam, üsyan (az) Belarusian: бунт m (bunt), мяце́ж m (mjacjéž) Bengali: বিদ্রোহ (bn) (bidrōho) Bulgarian: бунт (bg) m (bunt), мете́ж (bg) m (metéž) Burmese: တပ်တွင်းပုန်ကန်မှု (my) (taptwang:punkanhmu.), ပုန်ကန်မှု (punkanhmu.) Catalan: motí (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 叛變／叛变 (zh) (pànbiàn), 譁變／哗变 (zh) (huábiàn), 暴動／暴动 (zh) (bàodòng), 暴亂／暴乱 (zh) (bàoluàn), 兵變／兵变 (zh) (bīngbiàn) Czech: vzpoura f Danish: mytteri (da) n, oprør n Dutch: muiterij (nl) f Estonian: mäss Finnish: kapina (fi) French: révolte (fr) f, mutinerie (fr) f Georgian: ამბოხი (amboxi) German: Meuterei (de) f Greek: ανταρσία (el) f (antarsía), κίνημα (el) n (kínima), στάση (el) f (stási) Hebrew: מֶרֶד (he) m (méred) Hindi: बग़ावत f (baġāvat), ग़दर (hi) m (ġadar), सरकशी (hi) f (sarkaśī), विद्रोह (hi) m (vidroh) Hungarian: lázadás (hu), zendülés (hu) Icelandic: uppreisn (is) f Indonesian: dahagi (id) Ingrian: buntta Italian: ammutinamento (it) m Japanese: 暴動 (ja) (ぼうどう, bōdō), 反乱 (ja) (はんらん, hanran), 下剋上 (ja) (げこくじょう, gekokujō) Kazakh: бүлік (bülık), бүліншілік (bülınşılık), көтеріліс (köterılıs) Khmer: សង្កុបកម្ម (sangkopaʼkam), ឧទ្ទាមកម្ម (ʼuttiəm kam) Korean: 폭동(暴動) (ko) (pokdong), 반란(叛亂) (ko) (ballan), 하극상(下剋上) (ko) (hageuksang) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: şoreş (ku), îsyan (ku) Kyrgyz: козголоң (kozgoloŋ), көтөрүлүш (ky) (kötörülüş) Lao: ກະບົດ (ka bot) Latin: sēditiō f Latvian: dumpis m Lithuanian: maištas m, sukilimas (lt) m Macedonian: бунт m (bunt), побуна f (pobuna) Malay: dahagi Maori: whananga Mongolian: Cyrillic: бослого (mn) (boslogo) Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠰᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (bosulg-a) Norwegian: Bokmål: mytteri n Nynorsk: mytteri n Ottoman Turkish: زوربهلق (zorbalık) Pashto: شورش (ps) m (šoreš), سرکشي m (sarkaši), عصيان (ps) m ('osyān), بلوا (ps) f (balwā), بغاوت (ps) m (baǧāwat), قيام (ps) m (qeyām) Persian: شورِش (fa) (šureš), عِصیان (fa) ('esyân), سَرکَشی (fa) (sarkaši), بَغاوَت (fa) (bağâvat), قیام (fa) (qiyâm) Polish: bunt (pl) m, rewolta (pl) f Portuguese: rebelião (pt) f, revolta (pt) f, motim (pt) m, motinada f, revolta (pt) f, sedição (pt) f Punjabi: ਗਦਰ m (gadar) Romanian: revoltă (ro) f Russian: бунт (ru) m (bunt), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž), восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бу́на f, по̏буна f Roman: búna (sh) f, pȍbuna (sh) f Slovak: vzbura f Slovene: upor (sl) m Spanish: motín (es) m, sedición (es) f Swedish: myteri (sv) n, uppror (sv) n, resning (sv) c Tagalog: balwat Tajik: исён (isyon), саркашӣ (sarkaši), балво (balvo), бағоват (baġovat) Tatar: күтәрелеш (tt) (kütäreleş) Telugu: తిరుగుబాటు (te) (tirugubāṭu) Thai: กบฏ (th) (gà-bòt), ขบถ (th) (kà-bòt) Turkish: isyan (tr) Turkmen: gozgalaň Ukrainian: бунт (uk) m (bunt), за́колот (uk) m (zákolot) Urdu: سَرکَشی f (sarkaśī), عِصْیان ('isyān), غَدَر m (ġadar), بَغاوَت f (baġāvat) Uyghur: ئىسيان (isyan) Uzbek: isyon (uz), gʻalayon (uz), qoʻzgʻolon (uz) Vietnamese: nổi loạn (vi), phiến loạn (vi), dấy loạn (vi) Welsh: gwrthgodiad m, gwrthgodiadau m pl

Verb

mutiny (third-person singular simple present mutinies, present participle mutinying, simple past and past participle mutinied)

1. (intransitive) To commit a mutiny.

   The crew of the Bounty mutinied because of the harsh discipline of Captain Bligh.

   • 2020 August 12, Drachinifel, 34:12 from the start, in The Battle of Jutland - Clash of the Titans - Part 3 (Aftermath, Outcome and Lessons)‎, archived from the original on 24 August 2022:

     In the long run, the High Seas Fleet would rarely emerge looking for a fleet action, and, indeed, would be withdrawn if it seemed that the Grand Fleet was out. In 1918, when faced with an order to sail against the British, who had now been augmented by the Sixth Battle Squadron, made up of American warships, the sailors of the High Seas Fleet mutinied instead.

Translations

commit mutiny

Armenian: ըմբոստանալ (hy) (əmbostanal) Bulgarian: бунтувам се (buntuvam se) Catalan: amotinar (ca) Dutch: muiten (nl) Finnish: kapinoida (fi) French: faire revolte Greek: στασιάζω (el) (stasiázo) Italian: ammutinarsi (it) Latin: seditionem coeptabat (noun phrase), faciō sēditiōnem Macedonian: бу́нтува (búntuva), се бу́нтува (se búntuva), се бу́ни (se búni) Maori: whana Portuguese: amotinar (pt) Russian: бунтова́ть (ru) impf (buntovátʹ), взбунтова́ться (ru) pf (vzbuntovátʹsja), восстава́ть (ru) impf (vosstavátʹ), восста́ть (ru) pf (vosstátʹ) Spanish: amotinarse (es) Welsh: gwrthryfela (cy)

Further reading

• Mutiny on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mutiny in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• munity