Sardine

See also: sardine

English

Etymology

From the way protesters are tightly packed into public spaces, analogous to the way sardines are packed into cans.

Noun

Sardine (plural Sardines)

1. A member of the Italian grassroots political movement organized to protest against the right-wing surge in the country and the political rhetoric of Matteo Salvini.
   • 2019 November 20, “‘Sardines’ fight Salvini across Italy”, in ANSAmed‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 November 2019:

     A new grassroots movement called ‘sardines’ is fighting against Italy's rightwing strongman Matteo Salvini across the nation after a spectacular launch in Bologna last week.

   • 2019 December 13, Angela Giuffrida, “Sardines squeeze into Italian cities for biggest anti-Salvini protests yet”, in The Guardian:

     But they might need more than prayer to effectively compete with the Sardines, who in the last month have packed themselves tightly in ever-increasing numbers into piazzas in city after Italian city.

   • 2020 March 19, Erik Jones, “Italians are taking real steps to fight the coronavirus — but big political challenges are lurking”, in Washington Post:

     The nonpartisan “Sardines” movement organized mass protests against the reemergence of the far right in Italy and re-energized politics in the run up to the regional elections that were held in Emilia Romagna in January.

   • 2020 November 16, Camilla Valerio, “A comparison of political mobilization in Italy and the US”, in Italics Magazine‎^[2]:

     As demonstrated by the mobilizations that have taken place in recent months, as in the case of the Sardine, the invisibles of Aboubakahr as well as the Friday’s For Future or anti-racist movements, the involvement of political institutions is almost non-existent. ¶ In Italy, active participation is in fact not supported by political parties.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sardine.

Anagrams

• Adriens, Arnside, Draines, Draisen, derains, draines, indears, randies, reads in, sandier

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaʁˈdiːnə/

• Audio

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Noun

Sardine f (genitive Sardine, plural Sardinen)

1. sardine

Declension

Declension of Sardine [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sardine	die	Sardinen
genitive	einer	der	Sardine	der	Sardinen
dative	einer	der	Sardine	den	Sardinen
accusative	eine	die	Sardine	die	Sardinen

Derived terms

• Ölsardine, Sardinenbüchse

Further reading

• “Sardine” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈtiːnə/

Noun

Sardine f

1. plural of Sardin

Italian

Noun

Sardine f

1. plural of Sardina (member of the Sardines movement)
   • 2020 November 28, “Le Sardine di Ferrara al sindaco: ‘Riposizionate lo striscione per Regeni’ [Sardines of Ferrara to mayor: ‘Restore the banner for Regeni’]”, in Estense.com‎^[3]:

     Un fatto ricordato anche oggi dalle Sardine di Ferrara, come il fatto che successivamente fu Fabbri a far togliere lo striscione per un atto vandalico in cui avevano cercato di bruciarlo, senza però rimetterlo più sullo scalone nonostante le diverse interpellanze e le richieste di associazioni come Amnesty, Fe-nice e tantissime altre.

     One fact remembered today by the Sardines of Ferrara is the fact that it was Fabbri who had the banner removed due to vandalism when it was burned, but subsequently failed to reinstall it on the staircase despite many interpellations and requests from Amnesty, Fe-nice, and many others.

Anagrams

• dresina, snidare, sniderà