Grammatical class

Noun

protestation

admission, exclamation, statement

Details

Syllables

pro-tes-ta-tion

Phonetics

pʁo.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

7334

Freq. (movies)

12944

Freq. (news)

4998

Sentences

La protestation prend des formes de plus en plus créatives, sur Tatoeba.

Protest takes ever more creative forms in Tatoeba.

A1

Je dois soulever une protestation.

I must protest.

A2

Lever les mains est devenu un symbole de protestation.

Raised hands have become a symbol of protest.

B1

L'école ne va pas allumer l'air conditionné, ainsi les étudiants vont jeter leurs ballons d'eau chaude par le balcon en signe de protestation.

The school won't turn on the air conditioning, so the students are going to throw their hot water flasks off of the balcony in protest.

B1

Des voix de protestation, toujours plus fortes, couvraient son discours.

Ever louder voices of protest drowned out his speech.

C1