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==English==

===Etymology===
See [[chaperon#Etymology|chaperon]].

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vanderdecken-chaperone.wav|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/|a=GenAm}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/|a=RP}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the [[propriety]] of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
# {{lb|en|biochemistry}} A [[protein]] that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
# {{lb|en|UK|business}} An [[employee]] sent by a [[British]] company to the [[European Union]] to work with a [[client]] there, to [[circumvent]] restrictions imposed after [[Brexit]].

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|autochaperone|chaperoneless|chaperonin|chaperonopathy|heterochaperone|metallochaperone|molybdochaperone|multichaperone|pharmacochaperone|bichaperone|chaperoneship|chaperome|chaperonic|cochaperone|superchaperone}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|older person who accompanies younger people to ensure good behaviour}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|監護人|tr=jiānhùrén}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|garde|n}}, {{t|cs|gardedáma|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|anstandsdame|c}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|eskortanto|m}}, {{t|eo|eskortantino|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|esiliina}}, {{t+|fi|kaitsija}}
* French: {{t+|fr|chaperon|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Anstandsdame|f}} {{q|female}}, {{t+|de|Anstandswauwau|m}} {{q|colloquial}}; {{t+|de|Aufsichtsperson|f}}, {{t|de|Begleitperson|f}}, {{t+|de|Begleitung|f}}, {{t+|de|Aufpasser|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|συνοδός|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|bean choimhdeachta|f}} {{qualifier|lady’s maid}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|保護者|tr=ほごしゃ, hogosha|sc=Jpan}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|anstand|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|przyzwoitka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|guardião|m}}, {{t|pt|guardiã|f}}, {{t+|pt|mentor|m}}, {{t+|pt|mentora|f}}, {{t+|pt|aia|f}}, {{t+|pt|aio|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дуэ́нья|f}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dueña|f}}, {{t+|es|carabina|f}}, {{t|es|chaperón|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|chaperon}}, {{t+|sv|förkläde}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|مَحْرَم|m|tr=maḥram}} {{qualifier|loosely - one who cannot be married to}}
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{{trans-top|protein that aids in folding other proteins}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|分子伴侣|tr=fēnzǐ bànlǚ|lit=molecular companion}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kaitsijaproteiini}}, {{t|fi|saperoni}}
* German: {{t|de|Chaperon|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|dajkafehérje|s}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|シャペロン|tr=shaperon}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|białko opiekuńcze|n}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|şaperon}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To [[act]] as a [[#Noun|chaperone]].
#* {{RQ:Shaw Pygmalion|page=183|passage=They played you off very cunning, Eliza. If it had been only one of them, you could have nailed him. But you see, there was two; and one of them '''chaperoned''' the other, as you might say.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|journal=The New Yorker|date=17 April 2006|page=27|passage='Purcell had volunteered to '''chaperone''' a delegation of female students'}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2021 June 30|author=Tim Dunn|title=How we made... Secrets of the London Underground|journal=RAIL|issue=934|pages=48–49|text=TfL has more than enough to be getting on with each day without having to '''chaperone''' TV crews.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|business}} To [[work]] as a [[#Noun|chaperone]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|act as a chaperone}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|陪伴|tr=péibàn}}，{{t+|cmn|监护|tr=jiānhù}}，{{t|cmn|分子伴侣|alt=起到分子伴侣作用|tr=qǐdào fēnzǐbànlǚ zuòyòng}}{{qualifier|biochemistry}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[olla]] [[esiliinana]] ([[jollekin]])}}
* French: {{t+|fr|chaperonner}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t|de|als [[Beschützer]]in [[begleiten]]}}, {{t|de|Anstandsdame spielen}}, {{t+|de|beaufsichtigen}}, {{t+|de|begleiten}}, {{t+|de|eskortieren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|συνοδεύω}}
* Italian: {{t|it|sciaperonare}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|acompanhar}}, {{t+|pt|assistir}}
* Russian: {{t-needed|ru}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia|Chaperone (disambiguation)}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aceehnopr|canephore}}

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