Wiktionary

demonstrant

See also: Demonstrant

English

edit

Etymology

edit

From Latin dēmonstrant- (stem of dēmonstrāns).[1]

Noun

edit

demonstrant (plural demonstrants)

  1. A participant in a demonstration.
    • 1853, Henry Keppel, “Reply to Mr. Hume continued—His Captains—His “Gentleman”—His “Merchants”—His Prompters—Himself”, in A Visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H. M. Ship Mæander. With Portions of the Private Journal of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], page 232:
      Anybody who does anything in the way of business, if he can but write his name, is a “merchant;” and especially when an address is getting up by agitators of elastic conscience, content to procure an array of demonstrants numerous, if not select.
    • 1920, John Bach McMaster, “The Treaty of Peace”, in The United States in the World War (1918–1920), New York, N.Y., London: D. Appleton and Company, page 341:
      A report from London announced that the Italian Embassy had given out the statement that in many towns the shops were closed while crowds of demonstrants paraded shouting, “Long live America! Down with Wilson!”
    • 1948, Mark Gayn, Japan Diary, New York, N.Y.: William Sloane Associates, Inc., page 166:
      One demonstrant, with his face twisted in anger, was shouting the Japanese equivalent of “lemme at ’em.”

Synonyms

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ “demonstrant”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Czech

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

demonstrant m anim

  1. demonstrator (a person involved in a public display of group opinion)

Declension

edit
Declension of demonstrant (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative demonstrant demonstranti
genitive demonstranta demonstrantů
dative demonstrantovi, demonstrantu demonstrantům
accusative demonstranta demonstranty
vocative demonstrante demonstranti
locative demonstrantovi, demonstrantu demonstrantech
instrumental demonstrantem demonstranty
edit

Danish

edit

Noun

edit

demonstrant c (singular definite demonstranten, plural indefinite demonstranter)

  1. protester, demonstrator, participant in a demonstration

Declension

edit
Declension of demonstrant
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative demonstrant demonstranten demonstranter demonstranterne
genitive demonstrants demonstrantens demonstranters demonstranternes

Further reading

edit

Dutch

edit

Etymology

edit

Ultimately from Latin dēmōnstrāns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˌdeː.mɔnˈstrɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

Noun

edit

demonstrant m (plural demonstranten, diminutive demonstrantje n)

  1. demonstrator

Derived terms

edit

French

edit

Participle

edit

demonstrant

  1. present participle of demonstrer

Latin

edit

Verb

edit

dēmōnstrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dēmōnstrō  "they show; they prove"

Norwegian Bokmål

edit

Etymology

edit

From Latin through the present participle of demonstrere (demonstrate).

Noun

edit

demonstrant m (definite singular demonstranten, indefinite plural demonstranter, definite plural demonstrantene)

  1. a demonstrator

Derived terms

edit
edit

References

edit

Norwegian Nynorsk

edit

Etymology

edit

From Latin through the present participle of demonstrere / demonstrera (“demonstrate”).

Noun

edit

demonstrant m (definite singular demonstranten, indefinite plural demonstrantar, definite plural demonstrantane)

  1. a demonstrator

Derived terms

edit
edit

References

edit

Polish

edit

Etymology

edit

From German Demonstrant.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

demonstrant m pers (female equivalent demonstrantka)

  1. demonstrator (participant of a demonstration)

Declension

edit
Declension of demonstrant
singular plural
nominative demonstrant demonstranci
genitive demonstranta demonstrantów
dative demonstrantowi demonstrantom
accusative demonstranta demonstrantów
instrumental demonstrantem demonstrantami
locative demonstrancie demonstrantach
vocative demonstrancie demonstranci
edit

Further reading

edit
  • demonstrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • demonstrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Russian демонстрант (demonstrant).

Noun

edit

demonstrant m (plural demonstranți)

  1. demonstrator, protester

Declension

edit
Declension of demonstrant
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) demonstrant demonstrantul (niște) demonstranți demonstranții
genitive/dative (unui) demonstrant demonstrantului (unor) demonstranți demonstranților
vocative demonstrantule demonstranților

Serbo-Croatian

edit

Etymology

edit

From demonstrírati.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /demǒnstrant/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

Noun

edit

demònstrant, demonstrȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling демо̀нстрант, демонстра̏нт)

  1. demonstrator (a person involved in a public display of group opinion)

Declension

edit
Declension of demonstrant
singular plural
nominative demònstrant demonstranti
genitive demonstranta demònstranātā
dative demonstrantu demonstrantima
accusative demonstranta demonstrante
vocative demonstrante demonstranti
locative demonstrantu demonstrantima
instrumental demonstrantom demonstrantima

References

edit

Swedish

edit

Noun

edit

demonstrant c

  1. a demonstrator, (usually) a protester (participant in a demonstration)

Declension

edit
Declension of demonstrant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative demonstrant demonstranten demonstranter demonstranterna
Genitive demonstrants demonstrantens demonstranters demonstranternas
edit

References

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=demonstrant&oldid=81731306"