protester
French, verb/pʁɔ.tɛs.te/
protester is spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protester is a French verb meaning “to protest; to object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Promettre formellement ; assurer positivement, solennellement”.
What does protester mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protest; to object
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Promettre formellement ; assurer positivement, solennellement. 2. Faire un protêt sur un effet de commerce. 3. Réclamer formellement contre une chose ; déclarer qu’on la tient pour nulle, pour illégale. 4. Déclarer que l'on considère.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of protester
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- protestant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- protesté participle past
- proteste first-person indicative present
- protestes indicative present second-person
- protestons first-person indicative plural
- protestez indicative plural present
- protestent indicative plural present
- protestais first-person imperfect indicative
- protestait imperfect indicative singular
- protestions first-person imperfect indicative
- protestiez imperfect indicative plural
- protestaient imperfect indicative plural
- protestai first-person historic indicative
- protestas historic indicative past
- protesta historic indicative past
- protestâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protester?
- /pʁɔ.tɛs.te/
- \pʁɔ.tɛs.te\
- [pʁɔ.tɛs.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protester
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protester in French?
protester appears 5.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).