protect

English

Etymology

Attested in English since 1530, from Latin protectus (“covered, protected”), past participle of protegere "to cover the front, protect" from pro- + tegere "to cover". More at thatch. Displaced native Middle English helien, forhelian "to conceal, protect" (from Old English helian, forhelian "to conceal, cover, hide"), Middle English bischilden, beschielden (“to protect”) (from Middle English schild, shelde (“shield”)), Middle English berwen, bergen (“to protect, preserve”) (from Old English beorgan (“to protect, preserve”)), Middle English mundien, mounden (“to protect”) (from Old English mundian (“to protect, watch over, act as guardian over”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹəˈtɛkt/, SAMPA: /pr`@"tEkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

protect (third-person singular simple present protects, present participle protecting, simple past and past participle protected)

1. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:defend

Derived terms

• protection
• To protect and to serve

Translations

to keep safe

Albanian: mbrojtur (sq) Arabic: حمى (ar) (Hamaa) Armenian: պաշտպանել (hy) (paštpanel) Azeri: qorumaq (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 保護 (cmn), 保护 (cmn) (bǎohù), 保衛 (cmn), 保卫 (cmn) (bǎowèi) Czech: chránit (cs) Danish: beskytte (da) Dutch: beschermen (nl), beveiligen (nl) Esperanto: protekti (eo) Estonian: kaitsma (et) Finnish: (~ sth against a concrete threat) suojata (fi); (~ sth against an abstract threat) suojella (fi) French: protéger (fr) Georgian: დაცვა (ka) (datsva) German: schützen (de) Greek: προστατεύω (el) (prostatévo) Haitian Creole: pwoteje Hebrew: להגן (he) Hindi: रक्षा करना (hi) (rakṣā karanā) Hungarian: védeni (hu) Icelandic: hlífa (is) Ido: protektar Irish: caomhnaigh (ga), cosain (ga) Italian: proteggere (it) Japanese: 守る (ja) (まもる, mamoru), 保護する (ほごする, hogo suru)

Korean: 보호하다 (boho-hada) Kurdish: parastin (ku) (-parêz-) / پاراستن Latin: protego (la), defendo (la) Latvian: saudzēt (lv) Lithuanian: saugoti, apsaugoti Malayalam: രക്ഷിയ്ക്കുക (rakshikkuka) Mongolian: сэргийлэх (mn) (sergiyleh) Norwegian: beskytte, verne (no), sikre (no), dekke (no), gardere (no) Old English: please add this translation if you can Old Provençal: guardar Persian: پاسبانی کردن (fa), پاییدن (fa) (pâeidan) Polish: chronić (pl) Portuguese: proteger (pt) Romanian: a proteja, a apăra, ocroti (ro) Russian: защищать (ru) (zaščiščát') impf., защитить (ru) (zaščitít') pf., оберегать (ru) (oberegát') impf., беречь (ru) (beréč') impf. Scottish Gaelic: dìon (gd) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: proteger (es) Swahili: kukinga (sw) Swedish: skydda (sv) Telugu: సంరక్షించు (saMrakshiMchu) Thai: ป้องกัน (bpông gan), คุ้มครอง (kóom krong) Turkish: korumak (tr) Vietnamese: bảo vệ (vi) Welsh: amddiffyn (cy)