Usage Note
Révolutionnaire functions as both an adjective and a noun with no change in form. As a noun it is masculine or feminine: un révolutionnaire, une révolutionnaire. It refers both to political revolutionaries and, more loosely, to any idea or product that radically changes its field. The French Revolution (la Révolution française) gives the word particular historical weight in French culture.
Examples
"C'est une idée révolutionnaire pour l'époque."
Natural Translation
It is a revolutionary idea for the time.
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