protest

English

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Etymology

From Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/, X-SAMPA: /"pr@UtEst/
• (US) enPR: prō'tĕst, IPA: /ˈproʊ.tɛst/, X-SAMPA: /"proU.tEst/

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Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: prə.tĕst', IPA: /prəˈtɛst/, X-SAMPA: /pr@"tEst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Verb

protest (third-person singular simple present protests, present participle protesting, simple past and past participle protested)

1. (intransitive) To make a strong objection.

   How dare you, I protest!

   The public took to the streets to protest over the planned change to the law.

   • 2009, Wikipedia: Cuba:

     U.S. and European protested against Spanish conduct in Cuba.

2. (transitive) To affirm (something).

   I protest my innocence.

   I do protest and declare...

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 8

     She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.

3. (transitive, chiefly North America) To object to.

   They protested the demolition of the school.

Translations

make a strong objection

• Arabic: اعترض (i3táraDa)
• Catalan: protestar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗議 (cmn), 抗议 (cmn) (kàngyì)

• Czech: protestovat (cs)
• Dutch: protesteren
• Esperanto: protesti (eo)
• Finnish: protestoida, esittää vastalause
• French: protester (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: demonstrieren, protestieren
• Hebrew: מחאה (he) (m"chá'ah) f
• Hungarian: tiltakozik (hu)

• Italian: protestare (it)
• Japanese: 抗議する (こうぎする, kōgi suru)
• Korean: 항의하다 (hang-ui hada)
• Norwegian: protestere (no)
• Portuguese: protestar (pt)
• Romanian: protesta (ro)
• Russian: протестовать (ru) (protestovát’)
• Serbo-Croatian: протестовати (sh), protestovati (sh), protestirati (sh), prosvjedovati (sh), prosvedovati (sh)
• Slovene: ugovarjati, protestirati
• Spanish: protestar (es)
• Swedish: inlägga (sv) protest (sv), protestera (sv)
• Telugu: నిరసించు (nirasiMchu)

affirm

• Finnish: vakuuttaa (fi)
• Hungarian: kijelent (hu), hangoztat (hu), megerősít (hu)
• Russian: торжественно заявлять (toržéstvenno zajavljátʼ) impf. n, клятвенно заверять (kljátvenno zaverjátʼ) impf. n, уверять (ru) (uverjátʼ) n impf.

• Swedish: bedyra (sv), försäkra (sv)

mostly US: to object to

• Finnish: vastustaa (fi), protestoida (fi)
• German: Einspruch erheben, Einwände äußern
• Norwegian: protestere (no)

• Slovene: protestirati, ugovarjati
• Swedish: protestera (sv) mot

Noun

protest (plural protests)

1. A formal objection, especially one by a group.

   They lodged a protest with the authorities.

2. A collective gesture of disapproval: a demonstration.

   We held a protest in front of City Hall.

Synonyms

• dissent
• objection
• protestation

Translations

formal objection

• Arabic: احتجاج (ar) (iHtijāj) m
• Bulgarian: протест (bg) (protest) m
• Catalan: protesta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗議 (cmn), 抗议 (cmn) (kàngyì), 示威 (cmn) (shìwēi)

• Czech: protest (cs) m
• Dutch: protest (nl) n
• Esperanto: protesto (eo)
• Finnish: vastalause (fi), protesti (fi)
• French: protestation (fr) f
• German: Protest (de) m
• Greek: διαμαρτυρία (el) (diamartyría) f (diamartyría)

• Hungarian: tiltakozás (hu)
• Italian: protesta (it) f
• Japanese: 抗議 (ja) (kōgi), プロテスト (ja) (purotesuto)
• Polish: protest (pl) m
• Portuguese: protesto (pt) m
• Russian: протест (ru) (protést) m
• Serbo-Croatian: протест (sh) (protest) m
• Slovene: ugovor (sl) m, protest (sl) m
• Spanish: protesta (es) f
• Swedish: protest (sv) c, gensaga (sv) c (law)
• Telugu: నిరసన (nirasana)
• Ukrainian: протест (uk) (protést) m

collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration

• German: Demonstration (de) f

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• Arabic: احتجاج (ar) (iHtijāj) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗議 (cmn), 抗议 (cmn) (kàngyì), 示威 (cmn) (shìwēi)

• Dutch: protestactie (nl) f, manifestatie (nl) f
• Finnish: mielenosoitus (fi)
• French: manifestation (fr) f
• Georgian: პროტესტი (ka) (protesti)

• Greek: διαμαρτυρία (el) (diamartyría) f (diamartyría)
• Hungarian: tiltakozás (hu)
• Irish: agóid (ga) f
• Japanese: 抗議 (ja) (kōgi), プロテスト (ja) (purotesuto)
• Russian: протест (ru) (protést) m
• Slovene: protest (sl) m
• Telugu: నిరసన ప్రదర్శన (nirasana pradarSana)

Derived terms

• Protestant
• protestation
• protester
• protest march
• under protest

Anagrams

• potters
• spotter

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Noun

protest m

1. protest

Related terms

• protestní
• protestovat
• protestant

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /prǒtest/
• Hyphenation: pro‧test

Noun

pròtest m (Cyrillic spelling про̀тест)

1. protest

Declension

    declension of protest

	singular	plural
nominative	protest	protesti
genitive	protesta	protesta
dative	protestu	protestima
accusative	protest	proteste
vocative	proteste	protesti
locative	protestu	protestima
instrumental	protestom	protestima

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Noun

protest c

1. protest

Declension

Declension of protest

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	protest	protesten	protester	protesterna
genitive	protests	protestens	protesters	protesternas

Related terms

• protestera
• protestant