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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɑːd/
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The surname sense is an occupational surname for a watchman, from guard. The organization sense is likewise a type of proprialization from guard.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Latin wardō Old French guarder Old French guardebor. Middle English garde English guard From Middle English garde, from early Middle French or late Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”) (whence modern French garde), from the verb guarder. Doublet of garda, which is from Irish.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Latin wardō Old French guarder Middle French garderder. ▲ Old French guarderder. English guard From early Middle French garder or late Old French (circa 14th cent) guarder (“to keep, ward, guard, save, preserve, etc.”), from Early Medieval Latin wardo, from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard, protect”). Cognate with French garder, Old English weardian (whence also the English inherited doublet ward). See also English regard.

315 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rojë — person who or thing that protects something
• Albanian: resë — person who or thing that protects something
• Albanian: mbrojtës — person who or thing that protects something
• Albanian: derës — person who or thing that protects something
• Arabic: حَارِس (ḥāris) — person who or thing that protects something
• Arabic: غفير (ḡafīr) — person who or thing that protects something
• Armenian: պահակ (pahak) — person who or thing that protects something
• Armenian: պահապան (pahapan) — person who or thing that protects something
• Bashkir: һаҡсы (haqsı) — person who or thing that protects something
• Belarusian: вартавы́ (vartavý) — person who or thing that protects something
• Belarusian: ахо́ўнік (axównik) — person who or thing that protects something
• Belarusian: ахо́ва (axóva) — person who or thing that protects something
• Bengali: রক্ষী (rokkhi) — person who or thing that protects something
• Bengali: মহাফেজ (mohaphej) — person who or thing that protects something
• Bhojpuri: रक्षक (rakṣak) — person who or thing that protects something
• Bulgarian: стра́жа (stráža) — person who or thing that protects something
• Bulgarian: охра́на (ohrána) — person who or thing that protects something
• Burmese: ကင်း (kang:) — person who or thing that protects something
• Burmese: အစောင့် (a.caung.) — person who or thing that protects something
• Burmese: အထိန်း (a.htin:) — person who or thing that protects something
• Catalan: guarda — person who or thing that protects something
• Catalan: guardià — person who or thing that protects something
• Chamorro: a'adahi — person who or thing that protects something
• Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏘᏱ (agatiyi) — person who or thing that protects something
• Chinese Mandarin: 衛兵 /卫兵 (wèibīng) — person who or thing that protects something
• Chinese Mandarin: 衛士 /卫士 (wèishì) — person who or thing that protects something
• Czech: stráž — person who or thing that protects something
• Danish: vagt — person who or thing that protects something
• Danish: livvagt — person who or thing that protects something
• Dutch: wacht — person who or thing that protects something
• Dutch: bewaker — person who or thing that protects something
• Dutch: lijfwacht — person who or thing that protects something
• Esperanto: gardisto — person who or thing that protects something
• Esperanto: gvardiano — person who or thing that protects something
• Estonian: valvur — person who or thing that protects something
• Finnish: vartija — person who or thing that protects something
• Finnish: suojus — person who or thing that protects something
• French: garde — person who or thing that protects something
• Galician: garda — person who or thing that protects something
• Galician: gardián — person who or thing that protects something
• Galician: gardiá — person who or thing that protects something
• Georgian: ჩაფარი (čapari) — person who or thing that protects something
• German: Wächter — person who or thing that protects something
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja) — person who or thing that protects something
• Greek: φύλακας (fýlakas) — person who or thing that protects something
• Greek: φρουρός (frourós) — person who or thing that protects something
• Greek: σκοπός (skopós) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ancient Greek: σκοπός (skopós) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ancient Greek: φύλαξ (phúlax) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ancient Greek: τηρός (tērós) — person who or thing that protects something
• Haitian Creole: gad — person who or thing that protects something
• Hawaiian: makaʻina — person who or thing that protects something
• Hebrew: מִשְׁמָר (míshmar) — person who or thing that protects something
• Hebrew: שׁוֹמֵר (shomér) — person who or thing that protects something
• Hindi: प्रहरी (prahrī) — person who or thing that protects something
• Hindi: रक्षक (rakṣak) — person who or thing that protects something
• Hindi: पासबान (pāsbān) — person who or thing that protects something
• Hindi: मुहाफ़िज़ (muhāfiz) — person who or thing that protects something
• Hindi: संरक्षक (sanrakṣak) — person who or thing that protects something
• Hindi: रखवाला (rakhvālā) — person who or thing that protects something
• Hungarian: őr — person who or thing that protects something
• Icelandic: vörður — person who or thing that protects something
• Ilocano: bantayan — person who or thing that protects something
• Indonesian: pengawal — person who or thing that protects something
• Indonesian: garda — person who or thing that protects something
• Irish: garda — person who or thing that protects something
• Italian: guardia — person who or thing that protects something
• Italian: piantone — person who or thing that protects something
• Italian: custode — person who or thing that protects something
• Japanese: 監視者 (kanshisha) — person who or thing that protects something
• Japanese: 衛兵 (eihei) — person who or thing that protects something
• Japanese: ガード (gādo) — person who or thing that protects something
• Kashmiri: روچھ (rōch) — person who or thing that protects something
• Kashmiri: رٲچھدَر (rạ̄chdar) — person who or thing that protects something
• Kashmiri: پاسبان (pāsbān) — person who or thing that protects something
• Khmer: ឆ្មាំ (chmam) — person who or thing that protects something
• Khmer: គង្វាល (kɔɔkŭəngviəl) — person who or thing that protects something
• Korean: 가드 (gadeu) — person who or thing that protects something
• Korean: 위병 (wibyeong) — person who or thing that protects something
• Lao: ຍາມ (nyām) — person who or thing that protects something
• Latgalian: sorgs — person who or thing that protects something
• Latin: custōs — person who or thing that protects something
• Latin: praeses — person who or thing that protects something
• Latvian: sargs — person who or thing that protects something
• Lithuanian: sargas — person who or thing that protects something
• Macedonian: чувар (čuvar) — person who or thing that protects something
• Māori: kaitiaki — person who or thing that protects something
• Navajo: haʼasídí — person who or thing that protects something
• Norwegian Bokmål: vakt — person who or thing that protects something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vakt — person who or thing that protects something
• Occitan: garda — person who or thing that protects something
• Old English: weard — person who or thing that protects something
• Iranian Persian: پاسْبان (pâsbân) — person who or thing that protects something
• Iranian Persian: پاسِبان (pâsebân) — person who or thing that protects something
• Iranian Persian: نِگَهْبان (negahbân) — person who or thing that protects something
• Iranian Persian: پاسْدار (pâsdâr) — person who or thing that protects something
• Pohnpeian: kaiko — person who or thing that protects something
• Polish: strażnik — person who or thing that protects something
• Portuguese: guarda — person who or thing that protects something
• Romanian: gardă — person who or thing that protects something
• Romanian: paznic — person who or thing that protects something
• Romanian: gardian — person who or thing that protects something
• Romanian: păzitor — person who or thing that protects something
• Russian: стра́жник m old use (strážnik) — person who or thing that protects something
• Russian: стра́ж (stráž) — person who or thing that protects something
• Russian: охра́нник (oxránnik) — person who or thing that protects something
• Russian: сто́рож (stórož) — person who or thing that protects something
• Russian: конвои́р (konvoír) — person who or thing that protects something
• Russian: часово́й (časovój) — person who or thing that protects something
• Russian: карау́льный (karaúlʹnyj) — person who or thing that protects something
• Scottish Gaelic: freiceadan — person who or thing that protects something
• Scottish Gaelic: geàrd — person who or thing that protects something
• Serbo-Croatian: чу̀ва̄р — person who or thing that protects something
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̀жа̄р — person who or thing that protects something
• Serbo-Croatian: čùvār — person who or thing that protects something
• Serbo-Croatian: stràžār — person who or thing that protects something
• Sicilian: guardia — person who or thing that protects something
• Sicilian: vardia — person who or thing that protects something
• Slovak: stráž — person who or thing that protects something
• Slovak: strážnik — person who or thing that protects something
• Slovene: stražar — person who or thing that protects something
• Slovene: straža — person who or thing that protects something
• Southern Altai: сакчы (sakčï) — person who or thing that protects something
• Spanish: guarda — person who or thing that protects something
• Spanish: guardia — person who or thing that protects something
• Spanish: guardés — person who or thing that protects something
• Spanish: shafo — person who or thing that protects something
• Spanish: vigilante — person who or thing that protects something
• Spanish: wachacarros — person who or thing that protects something
• Swahili: askari — person who or thing that protects something
• Swahili: mlinzi — person who or thing that protects something
• Swahili: walinzi — person who or thing that protects something
• Swedish: väktare — person who or thing that protects something
• Swedish: vakt — person who or thing that protects something
• Swedish: gard — person who or thing that protects something
• Tagalog: guwardiya — person who or thing that protects something
• Tagalog: bantay — person who or thing that protects something
• Thai: ยาม (yaam) — person who or thing that protects something
• Thai: บริบาล (bɔɔ-rí-baan) — person who or thing that protects something
• Turkish: bekçi — person who or thing that protects something
• Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗 (nġr) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ukrainian: охоро́нець (oxorónecʹ) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ukrainian: захисни́к (zaxysnýk) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ukrainian: охоро́на (oxoróna) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ukrainian: ва́рта (várta) — person who or thing that protects something
• Ukrainian: охорони́тель (oxoronýtelʹ) — person who or thing that protects something
• Urdu: مُحافِظ (muḥāfiz̤) — person who or thing that protects something
• Vietnamese: vệ sĩ — person who or thing that protects something
• Esperanto: gvardio — squad, group of guards
• Dutch: pareerstang — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• Finnish: väistin — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• French: garde — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• German: Parierstange — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• Italian: elsa — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• Italian: guardia — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• Italian: coccia — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• Italian: paramano — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• Polish: jelec — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• Spanish: guarda — the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
• Bulgarian: проте́ктор (protéktor) — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Danish: skærm — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Danish: afskærmning — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Finnish: suojus — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• French: garde — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• French: protection — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• German: Schutz — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Greek: προστασία (prostasía) — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Greek: προφύλαξη (profýlaxi) — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Italian: carenatura — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Italian: protezione — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Italian: scatola — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Italian: alloggiamento — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Latin: integumentum — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Māori: pare — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Norman: garde — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Polish: osłona — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Portuguese: protetor — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Romanian: protecție — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Romanian: apărătoare — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Russian: кожу́х (kožúx) — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Russian: предохрани́тель (predoxranítelʹ) — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Spanish: tapador — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Spanish: bloque — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Spanish: protector — part of machine blocking dangerous parts
• Bulgarian: защи́тник (zaštítnik) — player in sports in general
• Bulgarian: гард (gard) — player in sports in general
• Catalan: escorta — player in sports in general
• Catalan: guarda — player in sports in general
• Finnish: puolustaja — player in sports in general
• French: gardien — player in sports in general
• French: arrière — player in sports in general
• French: défense — player in sports in general
• Greek: αμυντικός (amyntikós) — player in sports in general
• Italian: guardia — player in sports in general
• Māori: kaiārai — player in sports in general
• Romanian: apărător — player in sports in general
• Slovene: branilec — player in sports in general
• Spanish: guardia — player in sports in general
• Ukrainian: захисни́к (zaxysnýk) — player in sports in general
• Arabic: حَرَسَ (ḥarasa) — to protect from some offence
• Armenian: պաշտպանել (paštpanel) — to protect from some offence
• Armenian: հսկել (hskel) — to protect from some offence
• Armenian: պահպանել (pahpanel) — to protect from some offence
• Azerbaijani: qorumaq — to protect from some offence
• Bashkir: һаҡлау (haqlaw) — to protect from some offence
• Bulgarian: пазя (pazja) — to protect from some offence
• Bulgarian: защитавам (zaštitavam) — to protect from some offence
• Chinese Mandarin: 守衛 /守卫 (shǒuwèi) — to protect from some offence
• Chinese Mandarin: 守 (shǒu) — to protect from some offence
• Chinese Mandarin: 保守 (bǎoshǒu) — to protect from some offence
• Czech: střežit — to protect from some offence
• Danish: bevogte — to protect from some offence
• Danish: holde vagt — to protect from some offence
• Dutch: bewaken — to protect from some offence
• Emilian: guèrdia — to protect from some offence
• Esperanto: gardi — to protect from some offence
• Esperanto: ŝirmi — to protect from some offence
• Finnish: vartioida — to protect from some offence
• Finnish: suojata — to protect from some offence
• Finnish: turvata — to protect from some offence
• Finnish: puolustaa — to protect from some offence
• French: garder — to protect from some offence
• Galician: gardar — to protect from some offence
• Galician: coidar — to protect from some offence
• German: schützen — to protect from some offence
• German: bewachen — to protect from some offence
• Greek: φρουρώ (frouró) — to protect from some offence
• Greek: φυλάω (fyláo) — to protect from some offence
• Greek: φυλάσσω (fylásso) — to protect from some offence
• Ancient Greek: φυλάττω (phuláttō) — to protect from some offence
• Haitian Creole: gade — to protect from some offence
• Hebrew: שָׁמַר (shômar) — to protect from some offence
• Hungarian: véd — to protect from some offence
• Hungarian: védelmez — to protect from some offence
• Hungarian: óv — to protect from some offence
• Hungarian: őriz — to protect from some offence
• Italian: custodire — to protect from some offence
• Italian: proteggere — to protect from some offence
• Japanese: 守る (mamoru) — to protect from some offence
• Latgalian: sorguot — to protect from some offence
• Latin: teneo — to protect from some offence
• Latin: defendo — to protect from some offence
• Latin: custodio — to protect from some offence
• Latin: tutor — to protect from some offence
• Latin: tueor — to protect from some offence
• Latvian: sargāt — to protect from some offence
• Manchu: ᡴᠠᡵᠮᠠᡨᠠᠮᠪᡳ (karmatambi) — to protect from some offence
• Norwegian: bevokte — to protect from some offence
• Old English: weardian — to protect from some offence
• Polish: chronić — to protect from some offence
• Portuguese: guardar — to protect from some offence
• Portuguese: proteger — to protect from some offence
• Portuguese: defender — to protect from some offence
• Romanian: feri — to protect from some offence
• Romanian: proteja — to protect from some offence
• Romanian: păzi — to protect from some offence
• Romanian: apăra — to protect from some offence
• Russian: бере́чь (beréčʹ) — to protect from some offence
• Russian: охраня́ть (oxranjátʹ) — to protect from some offence
• Russian: сторожи́ть (storožítʹ) — to protect from some offence
• Russian: карау́лить (karaúlitʹ) — to protect from some offence
• Slovak: strážiť — to protect from some offence
• Slovak: chrániť — to protect from some offence
• Spanish: vigilar — to protect from some offence
• Spanish: custodiar — to protect from some offence
• Spanish: guardar — to protect from some offence
• Spanish: guachimanear — to protect from some offence
• Spanish: guachar — to protect from some offence
• Spanish: amparar — to protect from some offence
• Spanish: velar (por) — to protect from some offence
• Swahili: kulinda — to protect from some offence
• Swedish: vakta — to protect from some offence
• Swedish: bevaka — to protect from some offence
• Tagalog: guwardiyahan — to protect from some offence
• Tocharian B: pāsk- — to protect from some offence
• Ottoman Turkish: قوریمق (korımak, korumak) — to protect from some offence
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗 (nġr) — to protect from some offence
• Ukrainian: берегти́ (berehtý) — to protect from some offence
• Ukrainian: охороня́ти (oxoronjáty) — to protect from some offence
• Yiddish: היטן (hitn) — to protect from some offence
• Bashkir: һаҡлау (haqlaw) — to keep watch over
• Bulgarian: пазя (pazja) — to keep watch over
• Bulgarian: охранявам (ohranjavam) — to keep watch over
• Finnish: vartioida — to keep watch over
• Finnish: vahtia — to keep watch over
• Greek: φυλάω (fyláo) — to keep watch over
• Hungarian: őriz — to keep watch over
• Hungarian: szemmel tart — to keep watch over
• Italian: sorvegliare — to keep watch over
• Italian: piantonare — to keep watch over
• Latin: custodio — to keep watch over
• Māori: tautiaki — to keep watch over
• Māori: tiaki — to keep watch over
• Māori: rauhī — to keep watch over
• Nǀuu: ǃʻôasi — to keep watch over
• Oromo: eeguu — to keep watch over
• Quechua: waqaychay — to keep watch over
• Sanskrit: रक्षति (rakṣati) — to keep watch over
• Slovak: strážiť — to keep watch over
• Spanish: vigilar — to keep watch over
• Spanish: custodiar — to keep watch over
• Spanish: celar — to keep watch over
• Tamil: கா (kā) — to keep watch over
• Ottoman Turkish: كزمك (gezmek) — to keep watch over
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗 (nġr) — to keep watch over
• Bulgarian: предпазвам се (predpazvam se) — to watch by way of caution or defense
• Finnish: varoa — to watch by way of caution or defense
• Finnish: olla varuillaan — to watch by way of caution or defense
• Hungarian: óvakodik — to watch by way of caution or defense
• Italian: fare attenzione — to watch by way of caution or defense
• Slovak: chrániť sa — to watch by way of caution or defense
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗 (nġr) — to watch by way of caution or defense
• Finnish: reunustaa — to protect the edge of
• Finnish: sitoa — to fasten by binding; to gird