English-French translations for revolve

• retourner
• tourner
  Ce qui est sûr, dans tous les cas, c’est qu’il faut beaucoup de travail pour faire tourner le soleil. What is for sure, in all events, is that a lot of work is needed in order for the sun to revolve.
  Une politique de la pêche qui vise un développement viable ne doit pas tourner uniquement autour du poisson; elle doit se concentrer aussi sur l'homme. A fisheries policy which targets viable development must not revolve solely around fish; it must also focus on man.

Definition of revolve

• The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production
• A radical change; revolution

Examples

• The Earth revolves around the sun
• The Earth revolves once every twenty-four hours
• The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start

Related words

• revolver
• revolver cannon
• automatic revolver
• silenced revolver