security

English

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Alternative forms

• secuerity (chiefly obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English securite, from Old French (French: sécurité), from Latin securitas, from Latin securus "safe, secure".

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /sɪˈkjʊəɹəti/, /sɪˈkjɔːɹəti/, X-SAMPA: /sI"kjU@r\@ti/, /sI"kjO:r\@ti/
• (US) IPA: /səˈkjɔɹ.ɪˌti/, [səˈkjɔɹ.ɪˌɾi], /səˈkjʊɹ.ɪˌti/, [səˈkjʊɹ.ɪˌɾi]

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Noun

security (countable and uncountable; plural securities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
   • Shakespeare

     Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard, / From firm security.

   • Jonathan Swift

     Some […] alleged that we should have no security for our trade.

2. (countable) Something that secures.
3. An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
   • 2012 December 21, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23: 

     The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.

4. (law) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
5. (law) Freedom from apprehension.
6. (finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.^W
7. (finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
8. A guarantee.
   • Macaulay

     Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.

9. (obsolete) carelessness; negligence
   • Shakespeare

     He means, my lord, that we are too remiss, / Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security, / Grows strong and great in substance and in power.

Synonyms

• (condition of not being threatened): safety
• (something that secures): protection
• (something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation): guarantee, surety
• See also Wikisaurus:security

Antonyms

• insecurity (condition of being threatened)

Derived terms

Derived terms

computer security information security security blanket Security Council security by design

security hole security procedure security theater security through obscurity social security

Translations

condition of not being threatened

• Arabic: أمن (ar) (ʾamn) m
• Catalan: seguretat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安全 (cmn) (ānquán)

• Czech: bezpečí (cs) n, bezpečnost (cs) f, jistota (cs) f, zajištění (cs) n
• Danish: sikkerhed (da) c
• Dutch: veiligheid (nl) f
• Finnish: turvallisuus (fi), turva (fi)
• French: sécurité (fr) f
• German: Sicherheit (de) f
• Greek: ασφάλεια (el) (asfáleia) f
• Hebrew: ביטחון (he) (bitakhón) m
• Hindi: सुरक्षा (hi) (surakṣā)
• Japanese: 安全 (ja) (あんぜん, anzen), セキュリティー (ja) (sekyuritī)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئه‌مانه‌ت (ku), ئاشتی (ku)

• Latin: securitas (la)
• Latvian: drošība (lv) f
• Macedonian: безбедност (mk) (bézbednost) f, сигурност (mk) (sígurnost) f
• Persian: امنیت (fa) (amniyat)
• Portuguese: segurança (pt) f
• Romanian: securitate (ro) f
• Russian: безопасность (ru) (bezopásnostʹ) f, надёжность (ru) (nadjóžnostʹ) f
• Sanskrit: सुरक्षा (sa) (surakṣā)
• Scottish Gaelic: tèarainteachd (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: sigurnost (sh) f
• Spanish: seguridad (es) f, confianza (es)
• Swedish: säkerhet (sv) c, trygghet (sv) c, trygghetskänsla (sv) c
• Telugu: భద్రత (bhadrata)
• Turkish: güvenlilik (tr)
• Urdu: زامن (ur) (zāman)

something that secures

• Arabic: حماية (ar) (ḥimāya) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保護 (cmn), 保护 (cmn) (bǎohù), 保衛 (cmn), 保卫 (cmn) (bǎowèi)

• Dutch: beveiliging (nl) f
• French: sécurité (fr) f, sécurisant (fr) m
• German: Sicherheit (de) f
• Greek: ασφάλεια (el) (asfáleia) f
• Japanese: 保護 (ja) (ほご, hogo), セキュリティー (ja) (sekyuritī)

• Latvian: drošība (lv) f
• Portuguese: segurança (pt) f
• Russian: защита (ru) (zaščíta) f, гарантия (ru) (garántija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: zaštita (sh) f
• Spanish: seguridad (es) f, garantía (es)
• Swedish: skydd (sv) n, säkerhetsåtgärd (sv) c
• Turkish: güvenlilik (tr)

organization or department responsible for providing security

• Czech: ostraha (cs) f
• Dutch: veiligheidsdienst (nl) m
• Finnish: turvallisuuspalvelu, turvallisuusosasto
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sicherheitsdienst m
• Greek: ασφάλεια (el) (asfáleia) f
• Hebrew: ביטחון (he) (bitakhón) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاسایش (ku)

• Macedonian: обезбедување (mk) (obezbedúvanje) n
• Portuguese: segurança (pt) f
• Romanian: siguranță (ro), securitate (ro)
• Russian: служба безопасности (ru) (slúžba bezopásnosti) f
• Serbo-Croatian: osiguranje (sh) n
• Spanish: seguridad (es) f
• Swedish: säkerhetstjänst (sv) c, vaktbolag (sv) c
• Turkish: güvenlik güçleri (tr), emniyet (tr)

something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation

• German: Sicherheit (de) f
• Greek: εχέγγυο (el) (ekhégio) n, εγγύηση (el) (egí'isi) f
• Latvian: drošība (lv) f
• Russian: гарантия (ru) (garántija) f

• Serbo-Croatian: jamstvo (sh) n, garancija (sh) f
• Spanish: garantía (es), prenda (es), respaldo (es)
• Swedish: borgen (sv) c, garanti (sv) c, säkerhet (sv) c

finance: proof of ownership

• Czech: cenný papír (cs) m
• French: titre (fr) m
• Greek: αξιόγραφο (el) (aksiógrafo) n, αξία (el) (aksía) f, χρηματόγραφο (el) (khrimatógrafo) n
• Japanese: 担保 (ja) (tanpo), 抵当 (ja) (teitō), 保証 (ja) (hoshō)

• Portuguese: garantia (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: vrijednosni papir (sh) m
• Slovene: vrednostni papir (sl) m
• Spanish: certificado (es), documento (es), título de propiedad (es) m
• Swedish: värdepapper (sv) n

finance: property temporarily relinquished

• Czech: zástava (cs) f, záruka (cs) f
• Dutch: onderpand n
• Finnish: takaus (fi), pantti (fi)
• German: Sicherheit (de) f

• Japanese: 証券 (ja) (shōken), 有価証券 (ja) (yūka shōken)
• Scottish Gaelic: urras (gd) m
• Spanish: prenda (es) f
• Swedish: säkerhet (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: keamanan (1), sekuritas (3???), jaminan (4)
• Irish: slándáil (ga) f

• Norwegian: sikkerhet m (1,4), sikkerhetstjeneste m (2), obligasjon m (3), gjeldsbrev n (3)
• Italian: sicurezza f