Gilet Jaune

1. France Yellow Vests
2. Les Gilets Jaunes
3. Le Mouvement Des Gilets Jaunes

The “gilets jaunes” or “yellow vests” started out protesting fuel hikes in France’s rural communities. Now, their demonstrations have turned into a national movement against President. The gilets jaunes movement is the longest-running protest in France since the second world war. It has lasted for 13 weeks but has mobilised fully for only 13 days – all of them Saturdays.

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• (member of protest movement):Gilet jaune

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.lɛ ʒon/

Noun[edit]

m (pluralgilets jaunes)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: seegilet,‎ jaune.
2. a yellowhigh-visibilitysafetyvest

   Synonyms:gilet de haute visibilité, gilet de sécurité

   Hyponym:EPI

3. (by extension,informal,metonymically) a motorwaypatroller, who wears such a vest

   Synonym:homme en jaune

4. (by extension,France,metonymically) a member of a French protest movement which started in late 2018 against rising fuel prices; members of the movement wore such vests

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:gilet jaune.

Coordinate terms[edit]

France Yellow Vests

Derived terms[edit]

• English: yellow vest, yellow jacket(calque)

See also[edit]

• bonnet rouge(literally “red cap”)

Les Gilets Jaunes

Le Mouvement Des Gilets Jaunes