French Conversation · Level 107
58 words
French word
revendication
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁəvɑ̃dikasjɔ̃/
Meaning
- feminine noundemand
Example
La revendication des employés porte sur une augmentation.
The employees' demand is for a raise.
More examples
Les manifestants ont affiché leurs revendications sur des pancartes.
The demonstrators displayed their demands on signs.
Core concept
A formal claim laid before an authority, asserting a right while demanding a remedy or change.
Common phrases
des revendications syndicales
trade union demands
une revendication politique
a political demand
Similar words
demande: An ordinary request for someone to do something.
réclamation: A complaint about a service or transaction seeking a remedy or refund.
Definition in French
Désigne l'acte de réclamer quelque chose en affirmant un droit ou une légitimité, souvent dans un but de réparation ou d'amélioration.
Word origin
The noun derives from French revendiquer with the suffix -ation, while revendiquer traces back to Latin vindicare, meaning to claim or assert a right.
Usage tips
- Revendication is feminine, so the standard form is une revendication, and demande is usually more neutral for an everyday request.
Other meanings
- assertionnoun
- claimnoun
Opposites
- renonciationrenunciationnoun
Related words
- revendiquerdemandverb