Grammatical class
Noun
manifestation
protest, demonstration
Details
Syllables
ma-ni-fes-ta-tion
Phonetics
ma.ni.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
5252
Freq. (movies)
5634
Freq. (news)
1274
Sentences
Je remis la manifestation.
I postponed the event.
Je vais rejoindre une manifestation.
I'm going to join a demonstration.
Je pris part à la manifestation sportive.
I took part in the sporting event.
La rue est bouchée à cause de la manifestation.
The street is blocked because of the demonstration.
Le syndicat a-t-il pris part à la manifestation ?
Did the union participate in the demonstration?
La police n'est pas intervenue dans la manifestation.
Police did not interfere with the protest.
Il prit part à la manifestation contre la guerre.
He took part in the anti-war demonstration.
Dominique, gilet jaune de la première à Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), ne manque jamais les manifestations de soignants organisées dans sa ville, chaque mardi devant l’hôpital Delafontaine et chaque jeudi, devant l’hôpital Casanova, car pour lui, "blouses blanches, gilets jaunes, c’est le même combat !"
Dominique, a yellow-vest protester from Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) never fails to attend demonstrations in this city, every Tuesday at the Delafontaine hospital and every Thursday at the Casanova hospital, because according to her “white coats, yellow vests, it's all the same fight!”
Plusieurs dizaines de jeunes gens participèrent à la manifestation.
Several dozen young people participated in the demonstration.
Des dizaines de jeunes ont assisté à la manifestation.
Dozens of young people attended the demonstration.