sit-in

See also: sit in

English

Noun

sit-in (plural sit-ins)

A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave.

Related terms

sit-inner

Translations

type of protest

Arabic: اِعْتِصَام‎‎ m (iʿtiṣām)
Catalan: tancada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 靜坐 (zh), 静坐 (zh) (jìngzuò)
Dutch: zitprotest n
Finnish: istumalakko
French: sit-in (fr) m

German: Sitzblockade f
Japanese: 座り込み (すわりこみ, suwarikomi), シット・イン (shitto-in), シット・ダウン (shitto-daun)
Polish: strajk okupacyjny m
Russian: сидя́чая забасто́вка f (sidjáčaja zabastóvka), забасто́вка по-италья́нски f (zabastóvka po-italʹjánski)
Spanish: encierro (es) m
Swedish: sittstrejk c

Anagrams

Sinti, inits, intis

French

Noun

sit-in m (plural sit-ins)

sit-in

Further reading

“sit-in” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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