demonstration

See also: Demonstration and démonstration

English

Etymology

From Old French demonstration, from Latin demonstrationem, from demonstrare (“show or explain”), from de- (“of or concerning”) + monstrare (“show”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

demonstration (plural demonstrations)

1. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
2. An event at which something will be demonstrated.

   I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.

3. A public display of group opinion.
4. A show of military force.
5. A mathematical proof.
   • a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:

     He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.

Related terms

• demonstrable
• demonstrate
• demonstrator
• monster
• remonstration

Translations

act

• Armenian: ցուցադրում (hy) (cʿucʿadrum)
• Bulgarian: демонстрация (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示範 (zh), 示范 (zh) (shìfàn), 演示 (zh) (yǎnshì)

• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: demonstracio
• Finnish: havainnollistaminen (fi), demonstrointi (fi)
• French: démonstration (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f

• Irish: taispeántas m
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: 実証 (じっしょう, jisshō)
• Kashubian: demónstracjô
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f
• Romanian: demonstrație (ro) f, demonstrare (ro) f
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), пока́з (ru) m (pokáz)
• Scottish Gaelic: soilleireachadh m
• Spanish: demostración (es) f
• Swedish: demonstration (sv) c

event

• Armenian: ցուցադրություն (hy) (cʿucʿadrutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: демонстрация (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 證實 (zh), 证实 (zh) (zhèngshí), 演示 (zh) (yǎnshì)

• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f
• Finnish: havainnollistus, demonstraatio, demo (fi)
• French: démonstration (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f, Vorführung (de) f

• Greek: επίδειξη (el) f (epídeixi)
• Irish: taispeántas m
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: デモンストレーション (demonsutorēshon), デモ (ja) (demo)
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija), пока́з (ru) m (pokáz)
• Spanish: demostración (es) f
• Swedish: demonstration (sv) c

public display of opinion

• Arabic: مُظَاهَرَة f (muẓāhara)
• Armenian: ցույց (hy) (cʿuycʿ)
• Bulgarian: демонстрация (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示威 (zh) (shìwēi)

• Czech: demonstrace (cs) f
• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: manifestacio
• Faroese: mótmælisgonga f, kravgonga f
• Finnish: mielenosoitus (fi)
• French: manifestation (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f
• Greek: διαδήλωση (el) f (diadílosi)

• Hebrew: הפגנה (he) f (hafgana)
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: デモ (ja) (demo)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 데모 (demo)
• Maori: porotēhi
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f, mostra (pt) f
• Russian: демонстра́ция (ru) f (demonstrácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
• Spanish: manifestación (es) f
• Swedish: demonstration (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: biểu tình

show of military force

• Finnish: voimannäyttö

mathematical proof

• Finnish: todistus (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean:

  Hangul: 논증

  Romaja: nonjeung

• Latin: demonstratio nominative, demonstrationis genitive; ostentus fourth declension
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} demonstration (sv) n

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Danish

Noun

demonstration c (singular definite demonstrationen, plural indefinite demonstrationer)

1. demonstration

Inflection

Declension of demonstration

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	demonstration	demonstrationen	demonstrationer	demonstrationerne
genitive	demonstrations	demonstrationens	demonstrationers	demonstrationernes