guardian

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/
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• US, dialectal: /ˈɡɑɹ.din/
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• Australian: /ˈɡɐː.dɪ.ən/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən
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• CMU ARPABET: G AA1 R D IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English gardein, garden, (also wardein, > Modern English warden), from Old French guardein, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare French gardien. Doublet of warden. By surface analysis, guard + -ian.

232 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: غَارْدِيَان (gardiyan) — newspaper
• Arabic: جَارْدِيَان (jardiyan) — newspaper
• Chinese Mandarin: 《衛報》 /《卫报》 (Wèibào) — newspaper
• Japanese: ガーディアン (Gādian) — newspaper
• Korean: 가디언 (Gadieon) — newspaper
• Russian: Га́рдиан (Gárdian) — newspaper
• Swedish: Guardian — newspaper
• Arabic: حَارِس (ḥāris) — guard or watcher
• Azerbaijani: qoruqçu — guard or watcher
• Belarusian: ахо́ўнiк (axównik) — guard or watcher
• Belarusian: ахо́ўнiца (axównica) — guard or watcher
• Belarusian: сто́раж (stóraž) — guard or watcher
• Belarusian: страж (straž) — guard or watcher
• Bengali: রক্ষী (rokkhi) — guard or watcher
• Bengali: মহাফেজ (mohaphej) — guard or watcher
• Bulgarian: пази́тел (pazítel) — guard or watcher
• Bulgarian: блюсти́тел (bljustítel) — guard or watcher
• Catalan: guardià — guard or watcher
• Catalan: guàrdia — guard or watcher
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎦᏘᏯ (adagatiya) — guard or watcher
• Chinese Mandarin: 監護人 /监护人 (jiānhùrén) — guard or watcher
• Czech: strážce — guard or watcher
• Dutch: bewaker — guard or watcher
• Dutch: wachter — guard or watcher
• Egyptian: i-r:y-A48 (jrj) — guard or watcher
• Finnish: vartija — guard or watcher
• Finnish: vahti — guard or watcher
• Finnish: suojelija — guard or watcher
• Finnish: edunvalvoja — guard or watcher
• French: gardien — guard or watcher
• Galician: gardián — guard or watcher
• German: Wächter — guard or watcher
• German: Wache — guard or watcher
• Greek: φύλακας (fýlakas) — guard or watcher
• Greek: φρουρός (frourós) — guard or watcher
• Ancient Greek: φύλαξ (phúlax) — guard or watcher
• Ancient Greek: φρουρός (phrourós) — guard or watcher
• Hindi: चौकीदार (caukīdār) — guard or watcher
• Hindi: पहरी (pahrī) — guard or watcher
• Hungarian: gondnok — guard or watcher
• Hungarian: gondozó — guard or watcher
• Hungarian: őrző — guard or watcher
• Hungarian: őr — guard or watcher
• Icelandic: verndari — guard or watcher
• Indonesian: pelindung — guard or watcher
• Ingrian: vahti — guard or watcher
• Ingrian: storoža — guard or watcher
• Irish: coimirceoir — guard or watcher
• Italian: guardiano — guard or watcher
• Italian: custode — guard or watcher
• Japanese: 保護者 (hogosha) — guard or watcher
• Kashmiri: روچھ (rōch) — guard or watcher
• Kashmiri: رٲچھدَر (rạ̄chdar) — guard or watcher
• Kashmiri: پاسبان (pāsbān) — guard or watcher
• Korean: 보호자 (bohoja) — guard or watcher
• Central Kurdish: پاڕێزگار (parrêzgar) — guard or watcher
• Latin: custōs — guard or watcher
• Latin: cūrātor — guard or watcher
• Latin: cūrātrix — guard or watcher
• Latin: tūtor — guard or watcher
• Latin: cūra — guard or watcher
• Latin: praeses — guard or watcher
• Macedonian: чу́вар (čúvar) — guard or watcher
• Macedonian: чуварка (čuvarka) — guard or watcher
• Macedonian: за́штитник (záštitnik) — guard or watcher
• Macedonian: заштитница (zaštitnica) — guard or watcher
• Macedonian: стра́жар (strážar) — guard or watcher
• Macedonian: стражарка (stražarka) — guard or watcher
• Māori: kaitiaki — guard or watcher
• Occitan: gardian — guard or watcher
• Old English: weard — guard or watcher
• Polish: stróż — guard or watcher
• Polish: obrońca — guard or watcher
• Polish: strażnik — guard or watcher
• Portuguese: guardião — guard or watcher
• Portuguese: guarda — guard or watcher
• Punjabi: ਨਿਗ੍ਹਾਬਾਨ (nighābān) — guard or watcher
• Romanian: gardian — guard or watcher
• Romanian: paznic — guard or watcher
• Romanian: strajă — guard or watcher
• Romanian: străjer — guard or watcher
• Romanian: păzitor — guard or watcher
• Russian: страж (straž) — guard or watcher
• Russian: храни́тель (xranítelʹ) — guard or watcher
• Russian: храни́тельница (xranítelʹnica) — guard or watcher
• Russian: защи́тник (zaščítnik) — guard or watcher
• Russian: защи́тница (zaščítnica) — guard or watcher
• Russian: блюсти́тель (bljustítelʹ) — guard or watcher
• Russian: блюсти́тельница (bljustítelʹnica) — guard or watcher
• Sanskrit: गोप्तृ (goptṛ) — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: скр̑бнӣк — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: скрбкиња — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: хра̀нитељ — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: хранитѐљица — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: за́штитнӣк — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: за́штитница — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: чу̀ва̄р — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: чува̀рица — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: skȓbnīk — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: skrbkinja — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: hrànitelj — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: hranitèljica — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: záštitnīk — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: záštitnica — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: čùvār — guard or watcher
• Serbo-Croatian: čuvàrica — guard or watcher
• Slovak: strážca — guard or watcher
• Slovak: strážkyňa — guard or watcher
• Spanish: guardián — guard or watcher
• Spanish: guardia — guard or watcher
• Swedish: väktare — guard or watcher
• Tagalog: tagabantay — guard or watcher
• Turkish: koruma — guard or watcher
• Turkish: gardiyan — guard or watcher
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗 (nġr) — guard or watcher
• Ukrainian: охоро́нець (oxorónecʹ) — guard or watcher
• Ukrainian: сто́рож (stórož) — guard or watcher
• Uzbek: qoʻriqchi — guard or watcher
• Zazaki: starwan — guard or watcher
• Zazaki: ğerdiyan — guard or watcher
• Arabic: وَلِي أَمْر (walī ʔamr) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Arabic: حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Armenian: խնամակալ (xnamakal) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Belarusian: апяку́н (apjakún) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Belarusian: апяку́нка (apjakúnka) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Belarusian: папячы́цель (papjačýcjelʹ) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Belarusian: папячы́целька (papjačýcjelʹka) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Belarusian: апекава́льнік (apjekaválʹnik) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Belarusian: апекава́льніца (apjekaválʹnica) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Bengali: অভিভাবক (obhibhabok) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Bulgarian: насто́йник (nastójnik) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Bulgarian: опеку́н (opekún) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Bulgarian: попечи́тел (popečítel) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Bulgarian: попечи́телка (popečítelka) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Catalan: tutor — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Chinese Mandarin: 監護人 /监护人 (jiānhùrén) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Czech: poručník — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Czech: poručníce — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Dutch: voogd — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Dutch: voogdes — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Faroese: verji — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Finnish: huoltaja — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Finnish: edunvalvoja — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• French: tuteur — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• French: tutrice — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• German: Vormund — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• German: Erziehungsberechtigter — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• German: Erziehungsberechtigte — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Greek: κηδεμόνας (kidemónas) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Ancient Greek: κηδεμών (kēdemṓn) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Hebrew: אַפּוֹטְרוֹפּוֹס (apotrópos) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Hindi: अभिरक्षक (abhirakṣak) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Hungarian: gyám — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Icelandic: fjárhaldsmaður — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Indonesian: wali — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Italian: tutore — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Italian: tutrice — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Japanese: 保護者 (hogosha) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Korean: 보호자 (bohoja) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Latin: tūtor — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Luxembourgish: Momper — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Macedonian: ста́рател (stáratel) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Macedonian: стара́телка (starátelka) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Plautdietsch: Väaminda — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Polish: opiekun — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Polish: opiekunka — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Portuguese: guardião — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Russian: опеку́н (opekún) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Russian: кура́тор (kurátor) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Russian: попечи́тель (popečítelʹ) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Russian: попечи́тельница (popečítelʹnica) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: ста̀ратељ — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: ста̀ралац — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: старатѐљица — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: хра̀нитељ — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: хранитѐљица — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: stàratelj — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: stàralac — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: staratèljica — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: hrànitelj — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Serbo-Croatian: hranitèljica — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Slovak: poručník — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Slovak: poručníčka — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Spanish: apoderado — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Spanish: tutor — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Spanish: custodio — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Swedish: målsman — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Thai: ผู้ปกครอง (pûu-bpòk-krɔɔng) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Ukrainian: опіку́н (opikún) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Ukrainian: опіку́нка (opikúnka) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Ukrainian: попечи́тель (popečýtelʹ) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Ukrainian: попечи́телька (popečýtelʹka) — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Welsh: gwarcheidwad — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Zazaki: mehfeze — law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
• Bulgarian: попечи́тел (popečítel) — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Chinese Mandarin: 監護人 /监护人 (jiānhùrén) — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Finnish: edunvalvoja — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• French: curateur — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• French: curatrice — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• French: tuteur — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• French: tutrice — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• German: Betreuer — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Ancient Greek: κηδεμών (kēdemṓn) — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Hindi: अभिभावक (abhibhāvak) — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Hungarian: gondnok — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Latin: tūtor — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Plautdietsch: Väaminda — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Portuguese: guardião — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Russian: опеку́н (opekún) — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Russian: попечи́тель (popečítelʹ) — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Russian: попечи́тельница (popečítelʹnica) — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Slovak: poručník — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Slovak: poručníčka — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Spanish: apoderado — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Thai: ผู้พิทักษ์ — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Thai: ผู้อนุบาล — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Zazaki: tepıştoğ — law: person responsible for incompetent person
• Czech: kvardián — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Finnish: apotti — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• German: Guardian — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Hungarian: gvárdián — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Hungarian: házfőnök — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Italian: guardiano — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Latin: guardianus — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Polish: gwardian — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Portuguese: guardião — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Spanish: guardián — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Zazaki: gardian — superior in a Franciscan monastery
• Finnish: päävihollinen — final video game enemy
• French: boss — final video game enemy
• Portuguese: chefão — final video game enemy
• Spanish: jefe — final video game enemy