protection

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɛkʃən/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

protection (countable and uncountable, plural protections)

1. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.

   Raincoats give protection from rain.

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     But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […].

2. The state of being safe.
3. A means of keeping or remaining safe.
4. A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
5. (insurance) Coverage.
6. Immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
7. (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
8. (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).

Derived terms

Terms derived from protection

• autoprotection
• heteroprotection

• protection course
• protection money

• protection racket

Related terms

• protect

Translations

process of keeping safe

• Arabic: حَمَى (ḥamā)
• Armenian: պաշտպանություն (hy) (paštpanutʻyun) , պրոտեկցիոնիզմ (protekcʻionizm)
• Belarusian: абаро́на f (abaróna)
• Catalan: protecció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 保护 (zh) (bǎohù) ^{(please verify)} 防护 (zh) (fánghù)

• Czech: ochrana (cs) f, protekce f
• Danish: beskyttelse (da) c
• Dutch: bescherming (nl) f
• Esperanto: protekto
• Estonian: kaitse
• Finnish: suojeleminen (fi), turvaaminen, varjeleminen (fi)
• French: protection (fr) f
• Galician: protección (gl) f
• Georgian: დაცვა (dacva)
• German: Schutz (de) m
• Greek: προστασία (el) f (prostasía)
• Haitian Creole: pwoteksyon
• Hawaiian: malu
• Hungarian: védekezés (hu)
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• Ido: protekto (io)
• Indonesian: perlindungan (id)
• Irish: cosaint f
• Italian: protezione (it) f
• Japanese: 保護 (ja) (ほご, hogo), 防護 (ja) (ぼうご, bōgo)
• Kurdish: , , , , ,
• Latin: defensio f, protectio f, defensa f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beskyttelse m

• Polish: ochrona (pl) f
• Portuguese: protecção (pt) f, (Brazil) proteção (pt) f
• Romanian: protejare (ro) f, ocrotire (ro) f, protecție (ro) f
• Russian: защи́та (ru) f (zaščíta), охра́на (ru) f (oxrána)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìon m, sgiath f, sgàth m, dìdean m, tèarmann m
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃštita (sh) f
• Spanish: protección (es) f
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} kingo (sw) class 5
• Swedish: skydd (sv) n
• Telugu: సంరక్షణ (te) (saṁrakṣaṇa)
• Ukrainian: захист (uk) f (zaxyst), охорона (uk) f (oxorona), заступництво (uk) f (zastupnyctvo), оборона (uk) f (oborona), протекціонізм f (protekcionizm), прикриття f (prykryttja), забезпека f (zabezpeka), заслона f (zaslona), заступа f (zastupa), оберега (uk) f (obereha)
• Walloon: waerantixhaedje (wa) m, proteccion (wa) f

state of being safe

• Finnish: turva (fi), suoja (fi), turvallisuus (fi)
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• Maori: whakarurutanga

a means of keeping or remaining safe

• Finnish: suoja (fi), suojain (fi)
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• Maori: parahau, pare, papare

contraceptive device

• Finnish: ehkäisy (fi)
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insurance: coverage

• Finnish: vakuutusturva
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immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion

• Finnish: suojelu (fi)
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economics: restrictions on foreign competitors

• Finnish: protektionistinen toimenpide, protektionismi (fi)
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computing: instance of a security token associated with a resource

• Finnish: suojaaminen (fi)
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• Middle Irish: ^{(please verify)} barántacht f
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See also

• be prepared

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French

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃/

Noun

protection f (plural protections)

1. protection

Related terms

• protecteur
• protectionnisme
• protectionniste
• protectocrat
• protéger

Anagrams

• picoteront

External links

• “protection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.