See also: Protest

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun and verb
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/
  • (US) enPR: prōʹtĕst, IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/
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  • Hyphenation: pro‧test
Verb
  • enPR: prə.tĕstʹ, IPA(key): /pɹəˈtɛst/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test
Note
The verb is stressed on the first syllable when referring to a physical march and stressed on the second syllable when in reference to a spoken outburst.

Verb edit

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.
    • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
      As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
    • 2009, Cuba:
      U.S. and European protested against Spanish conduct in Cuba.
    • 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:
      On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.
  2. (transitive) To affirm (something).
    I protest my innocence.
    I do protest and declare …
  3. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.
    They protested the demolition of the school.
  4. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
  5. (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To publish; to make known.

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Noun edit

protest (countable and uncountable, 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.
    • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist[1], volume 408, number 8848:
      All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
    • 2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-07-14[3]:
      Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”
  3. The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
  4. A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin prōtestor.

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protest m inan

  1. protest
    vyvolat protest.to elicit protest.

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Further reading edit

  • protest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • protest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin protestō.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /proːˈtɛst/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun edit

protest n (plural protesten, diminutive protestje n)

  1. protest (occasion to express dissatisfaction)
  2. protest (expression of disagreement)

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  • Afrikaans: protes
  • Caribbean Javanese: protès

Estonian edit

 
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Noun edit

protest (genitive protesti, partitive protesti)

  1. protest

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Declension of protest (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative protest protestid
accusative nom.
gen. protesti
genitive protestide
partitive protesti proteste
protestisid
illative protesti
protestisse
protestidesse
protestesse
inessive protestis protestides
protestes
elative protestist protestidest
protestest
allative protestile protestidele
protestele
adessive protestil protestidel
protestel
ablative protestilt protestidelt
protestelt
translative protestiks protestideks
protesteks
terminative protestini protestideni
essive protestina protestidena
abessive protestita protestideta
comitative protestiga protestidega

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Further reading edit

  • protest”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • protest”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018
  • protest in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Latin protestari, as for protestere.

Noun edit

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protester, definite plural protestene)

  1. a protest

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Etymology edit

From Latin protestari.

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protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protestar, definite plural protestane)

  1. a protest

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Protest, from Italian protesto, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (witness).

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protest m inan

  1. (law) protest (formal objection)
  2. (government, politics) protest (demonstration)
    Synonym: demonstracja

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Further reading edit

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

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from protesta

Noun edit

protest n (plural proteste)

  1. protest

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From German Protest.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /prǒtest/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test

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pròtest m (Cyrillic spelling про̀тест)

  1. protest
    Synonym: pròsvjed

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protest c

  1. protest

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Declension of protest 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative protest protesten protester protesterna
Genitive protests protestens protesters protesternas

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Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From English protest.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔtɛsd/, [ˈpr̥ʰɔtʰɛst]

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protest f (plural protestiadau or protestadau)

  1. protest, demonstration (collective gesture of disapproval)
    Synonym: gwrthdystiad
    • 2020 November 11, BBC Cymru Fyw[4]:
      Mae dwsinau o ddynion sydd wedi cael eu cartrefi mewn gwersyll ym Mhenalun, Sir Benfro wedi cynnal protest dros eu hamodau byw. Cynhaliodd y dynion brotest yn hawlio bod eu hawliau dynol yn cael eu hanwybyddu.
      Dozens of men who have been housed in a camp in Penally, Pembrokeshire have held a protest over their living conditions. The men held a protest claiming that their human rights were being ignored.

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Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
protest brotest mhrotest phrotest
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “protest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies