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A dog used to protect a property or its owner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a dog trained to guard property
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: watchdog
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: working dog
Narrower terms: kuvasz, attack dog, housedog, schipperke, pinscher
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
看門狗 /看门狗
(kānméngǒu)
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Chinese Mandarin:
看家狗
(kānjiāgǒu)
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Danish:
vagthund
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Dutch:
waakhond
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Esperanto:
gardhundo
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Finnish:
vahtikoira
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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French:
mâtin
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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French:
chien de garde
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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French:
chienne de garde
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Georgian:
მოდარაჯე ძაღლი
(modaraǯe ʒaɣli)
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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German:
Wachhund
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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German:
Wachhündin
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Hungarian:
őrkutya
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Icelandic:
varðhundur
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Irish:
madra cosanta
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Italian:
cane da guardia
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Japanese:
番犬
(banken)
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Latin:
canis custos
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Luxembourgish:
Wuechthond
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Malay:
anjing penjaga
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Malay:
anjing pengawal
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Norwegian Bokmål:
vakthund
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Norwegian Bokmål:
vakthund
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Polish:
pies stróżujący
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Portuguese:
cão de guarda
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Russian:
сторожево́й пёс
(storoževój pjos)
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Russian:
сторожева́я соба́ка
(storoževája sobáka)
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Slovak:
strážny pes
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Spanish:
perro guardián
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Swedish:
vakthund
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Swedish:
gårdvar
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Tagalog:
ayam
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Tibetan:
འདོག་ཁྱི
('dog khyi)
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Turkish:
bekçi köpeği
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Vietnamese:
chó giữ nhà
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Vietnamese:
chó bảo vệ
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Volapük:
galedadog
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Volapük:
galedahidog
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Volapük:
galedajidog
— dog used to protect a property or its owner
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Welsh:
gwarchodgi
— dog used to protect a property or its owner