sit-in

sit-in

See also: sit in

English

Noun

sit-in (plural sit-ins)

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

   Coordinate terms: be-in, die-in, love-in

Synonyms

• sit-down
• dharna (India)

Related terms

• sit-inner

Translations

type of protest

Arabic: اِعْتِصَام‎ m (iʿtiṣām) Catalan: tancada (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 靜坐／静坐 (zh) (jìngzuò) Dutch: zitprotest n Finnish: istumalakko French: sit-in (fr) m Georgian: გაფიცვა (gapicva) German: Sitzblockade f Hungarian: ülősztrájk 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

Adjective

sit-in (not comparable)

1. Designed to be sat in.

   a sit-in kayak

   a sit-in bath

Further reading

• sit-in on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• INSTI, Sinti, inits, intis

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French

Noun

sit-in m (plural sit-ins)

1. sit-in

Further reading

• “sit-in”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.