protection

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Latin protectio (“a covering over”), from protectus, past participle of protegere (“to protect, to cover in front”)

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pɹəˈtɛkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /pr`@"tEkS@n/
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

protection (countable and uncountable; plural protections)

1. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
2. The state of being safe.
3. A contraceptive device.
4. (insurance) Coverage.
5. Immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
6. (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors that limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
7. (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file.)

Related terms

• protect

Derived terms

• protection course

Translations

process of keeping safe

• Arabic: حَمَى (ar) (Hamā)
• Catalan: protecció (ca) f
• Chinese: 保护 (bǎohù)，防护 (fánghù)
• Czech: ochrana (cs) f, protekce (cs) f
• Dutch: bescherming (nl) f
• Esperanto: protekto (eo)
• Estonian: kaitse (et)
• Finnish: suojelu (fi)
• French: protection (fr) f
• Galician: protección (gl) f
• German: Schutz (de) m
• Greek: προστασία (el) (prostasía) f
• Haitian Creole: pwoteksyon
• Indonesian: perlindungan (id)
• Irish: cosaint (ga) f
• Italian: protezione (it) f

• Japanese: 保護 (ja) (ほご, hogo), 防護 (ja) (ぼうご, bōgo)
• Kurdish: parastin (ku), sitirandin (ku), sitar (ku) f, pena (ku) f, پاڕێزگاری (ku), پاراستن (ku)
• Latin: defensio (la) f, protectio (la) f, defensa (la) f
• Norwegian: beskyttelse (no)
• Polish: ochrona (pl) f
• Portuguese: protecção (pt) f, (Brazil) proteção (pt) f
• Romanian: protejare (ro) f, ocrotire (ro) f, protecție (ro) f
• Russian: защита (ru) (zaščíta) f, охрана (ru) (oχrána) f
• Scottish Gaelic: dìon m, sgiath f, sgàth m, dìdean m, tèarmann m
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃštita (sh) f
• Spanish: protección (es) f
• Swahili: kingo (noun 5)
• Swedish: skydd (sv) n
• Telugu: సంరక్షణ (te) (samrakshaNa)
• Ukrainian: захист (uk) (zaxyst) f, охорона (uk) (oxorona) f, заступництво (uk) (zastupnyctvo) f, оборона (uk) (oborona) f, протекціонізм (uk) (protekcionizm) f, прикриття (uk) (prykryttja) f, забезпека (uk) (zabezpeka) f, заслона (uk) (zaslona) f, заступа (uk) (zastupa) f, оберега (uk) (obereha) f,

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /pRO.tEk.sjO~/

Noun

protection f (plural protections)

1. protection

Related terms

• protecteur
• protectionnisme
• protectionniste
• protectocrat
• protéger

Anagrams

• picoteront