protection

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiō (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to protect, cover in front”). Displaced native Old English ġesċildnes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɛkʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: pro‧tec‧tion
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

protection (countable and uncountable, plural protections)

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

   Raincoats give protection from rain.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     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. (obsolete) A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.
8. (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
9. (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).
10. (euphemistic, rare) Synonym of adult protection (“adult incontinence wear”).

Derived terms

• antiprotection
• atheroprotection
• autoprotection
• axoprotection
• bioprotection
• bronchoprotection
• cardioprotection
• cerebroprotection
• chemoprotection
• chondroprotection
• close protection
• copy protection
• crossprotection
• cryoprotection
• cyberprotection
• cytoprotection
• deposit protection
• deprotection
• ecoprotection
• environmental protection
• excitoprotection
• extreme risk protection order
• gastroprotection
• geroprotection
• glioprotection
• hepatoprotection
• heteroprotection
• immunoprotection
• lightning protection system
• lipoprotection
• mechanoprotection
• Mickey Mouse Protection Act
• mucoprotection
• multiprotection
• myeloprotection
• natural protection
• nephroprotection
• neuroprotection
• nonprotection
• oligoprotection
• organoprotection
• osmoprotection
• osteoprotection
• otoprotection
• overprotection
• ovoprotection
• photoprotection
• phytoprotection
• police protection
• protectional
• protectionary
• protection course
• protectionism
• protectionless
• protection money
• protection proxy
• protection racket
• radioprotection
• renoprotection
• reprotection
• self-protection
• semiprotection
• seroprotection
• sun protection factor
• thermoprotection
• thromboprotection
• thyroprotection
• underprotection
• unprotection
• uroprotection
• vasculoprotection
• vasoprotection
• witness protection
• xeroprotection

 

Related terms

• protect

Translations

process of keeping something safe

• Albanian: ndore (sq), ndorje, mbrojtje (sq)
• Arabic: حِمَايَة f (ḥimāya)

  Egyptian Arabic: حماية f (ḥimāya)

• Armenian: պաշտպանություն (hy) (paštpanutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: qoruma, mühafizə (az)
• Belarusian: абаро́на f (abaróna), ахо́ва (be) f (axóva), засцяро́га f (zascjaróha)
• Bengali: সংরক্ষণ (bn) (śoṅrokkhon)
• Bulgarian: защи́та (bg) f (zaštíta), предпа́зване (bg) n (predpázvane)
• Catalan: protecció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保護 / 保护 (zh) (bǎohù), 防護 / 防护 (zh) (fánghù)

• Czech: ochrana (cs) f, protekce f
• Danish: beskyttelse (da) c
• Dutch: bescherming (nl) f
• Egyptian: (mkt)
• Esperanto: protekto
• Estonian: kaitse
• Finnish: suojaaminen (fi), suojaus, suoja (fi), turvaaminen (fi), varjeleminen (fi)
• French: protection (fr) f
• Galician: protección (gl) f
• Georgian: დაცვა (dacva), მფარველობა (mparveloba)
• German: Schutz (de) m
• Greek: προστασία (el) f (prostasía)

  Ancient: προστασία f (prostasía)

  Ancient Greek: ὠφέλεια (ōphéleia)

• Haitian Creole: pwoteksyon
• Hawaiian: malu
• Hebrew: הֲגָנָה \ הֲגַנָּה (he) f (hagana)
• Hindi: संरक्षण (hi) m (sanrakṣaṇ), हिमायत (hi) f (himāyat), हिफ़ाज़त f (hifāzat), हिफाजत (hi) f (hiphājat), रक्षा (hi) f (rakṣā), सुरक्षा (hi) (surakṣā)
• Hungarian: védekezés (hu), megvédés (hu)
• Icelandic: vernd (is) f
• Ido: protekto (io)
• Indonesian: perlindungan (id)
• Ingrian: turva
• Irish: cosaint f, anacal m, cumhdach m
• Italian: protezione (it) f
• Japanese: 保護 (ja) (ほご, hogo), 防護 (ja) (ぼうご, bōgo)
• Kazakh: қорғау (kk) (qorğau)
• Korean: 보호(保護) (ko) (boho), 방호(防護) (bangho)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پاڕێزگاری (parrêzgarî), پاراستن (ckb) (parastin)

  Northern Kurdish: parastin (ku), sitirandin (ku), sitar (ku) f, pena (ku) f

• Latin: dēfēnsiō f, prōtectiō f, dēfēnsa f, tūtēla f
• Latvian: aizsardzība f
• Lithuanian: apsauga (lt) f
• Macedonian: заштита (mk) f (zaštita)
• Malay: perlindungan (ms)
• Malayalam: സംരക്ഷണം (ml) (saṁrakṣaṇaṁ)
• Maori: waonga
• Middle Irish: ^{(please verify)} barántacht f
• Mòcheno: schutz m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beskyttelse (no) m

• Old English: ġesċildnes f
• Persian: حفاظت (fa) (hefâzat), محافظت (fa) (mohâfezat), حمایت (fa) (hemâyat)
• Plautdietsch: Hutt f, Schutz m
• Polish: ochrona (pl) f
• Portuguese: protecção (pt) f, proteção (pt) f (Brazil)
• 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:

  Cyrillic: за̑штита f

  Roman: zȃštita (sh) f

• Sindhi: رکيا
• Slovak: ochrana f
• Slovene: zaščita f
• Spanish: protección (es) f
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} kingo (sw) class 5
• Swedish: skydd (sv) n
• Tajik: мудофиа (mudofia), муҳофиза (muhofiza), ҳимоя (himoya), муҳофизат (tg) (muhofizat)
• Telugu: సంరక్షణ (te) (saṁrakṣaṇa)
• Turkish: koruma (tr)
• Ukrainian: за́хист (uk) m (záxyst), охоро́на (uk) f (oxoróna), оборо́на (uk) f (oboróna), забезпе́ка f (zabezpéka), обере́га (uk) f (oberéha)
• Uzbek: himoya (uz)
• Walloon: waerantixhaedje (wa) m, proteccion (wa) f

state of being safe

• Bengali: রক্ষা (bn) (rokkha)
• Bulgarian: защите́ност (bg) f (zaštiténost)
• Finnish: turva (fi), suoja (fi), turvallisuus (fi)
• Georgian: დაცულობა (daculoba)
• Hungarian: védelem (hu), oltalom (hu), menedék (hu)
• Ingrian: turva
• Latin: custōdia f
• Maori: whakarurutanga
• Russian: защищённость (ru) f (zaščiščónnostʹ)

means of keeping or remaining safe

• Azerbaijani: mühafizə (az)
• Belarusian: ахо́ва (be) f (axóva)
• Bulgarian: охра́на (bg) f (ohrána)
• Finnish: suoja (fi), suojain (fi)
• Georgian: დამცავი (damcavi)
• Hungarian: védőeszköz (hu), védeszköz, védőszer (hu)
• Latin: tūtāmen n
• Maori: parahau, pare, papare
• Persian: محافظت (fa) (mohâfezat)
• Polish: ochrona (pl) f
• Russian: охра́на (ru) f (oxrána)
• Tajik: муҳофиза (muhofiza)
• Turkish: muhafaza (tr)
• Ukrainian: охоро́на (uk) f (oxoróna)

contraceptive device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 避孕 (zh) (bìyùn)

• Finnish: ehkäisy (fi)
• Hungarian: óvszer (hu)
• Russian: контрацепти́в (ru) m (kontraceptív)

insurance: coverage

• Finnish: vakuutusturva
• Georgian: დაზღვევა (dazɣveva)
• Hungarian: fedezet (hu)

immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion

• Finnish: suojelu (fi)
• Hungarian: védelmi pénz
• Russian: крышева́ние (ru) n (kryševánije), кры́ша (ru) f (krýša)

document serving as a guarantee against harm

economics: restrictions on foreign competitors

• Finnish: suojaaminen (fi)
• Hungarian: védővám (hu), védővámrendszer (hu)

computing: instance of a security token associated with a resource

• Finnish: suojaaminen (fi), suojaus

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Translations to be checked

• Middle Irish: ^{(please verify)} barántacht f

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French protection, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiōnem (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to protect, cover in front”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

protection f (plural protections)

1. protection

Related terms

• protecteur
• protectionnisme
• protectionniste
• protectocrat
• protéger

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• picoteront