prevention

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• /pɹɪˈvɛnʃən/
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From Middle English prevencion, from Medieval Latin prēventiō.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَنْع (manʕ) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Armenian: կանխարգելում (kanxargelum) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Bulgarian: предотвратяване (predotvratjavane) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Bulgarian: попречване (poprečvane) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Catalan: prevenció — The act of preventing or hindering
• Chinese Mandarin: 預防 /预防 (yùfáng) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Dutch: preventie — The act of preventing or hindering
• Finnish: ennaltaehkäisy — The act of preventing or hindering
• Finnish: ennaltaehkäiseminen — The act of preventing or hindering
• Finnish: ehkäisy — The act of preventing or hindering
• Finnish: ehkäiseminen — The act of preventing or hindering
• Finnish: torjunta — The act of preventing or hindering
• Finnish: torjuminen — The act of preventing or hindering
• French: prévention — The act of preventing or hindering
• German: Prävention — The act of preventing or hindering
• Greek: πρόληψη (prólipsi) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Greek: αποτροπή (apotropí) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Hindi: निवारण (nivāraṇ) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Hindi: रोकना (roknā) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Hungarian: megelőzés — The act of preventing or hindering
• Japanese: 予防 (yobō) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Kazakh: алдын алу (aldyn alu) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Korean: 예방 (yebang) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Plautdietsch: Väabieejunk — The act of preventing or hindering
• Polish: prewencja — The act of preventing or hindering
• Polish: zapobieganie — The act of preventing or hindering
• Portuguese: prevenção — The act of preventing or hindering
• Romanian: preîntâmpinare — The act of preventing or hindering
• Romanian: prevenire — The act of preventing or hindering
• Russian: предотвраще́ние (predotvraščénije) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Serbo-Croatian: prevencija — The act of preventing or hindering
• Serbo-Croatian: preveniranje — The act of preventing or hindering
• Serbo-Croatian: predupređivanje — The act of preventing or hindering
• Serbo-Croatian: predohrana — The act of preventing or hindering
• Spanish: prevención — The act of preventing or hindering
• Telugu: నివారణము (nivāraṇamu) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Ukrainian: запобігання (zapobihannja) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Ukrainian: попередження (poperedžennja) — The act of preventing or hindering
• Walloon: espaitchance — The act of preventing or hindering
• Bulgarian: профилактика (profilaktika) — Measure to limit health risks
• Estonian: profülaktika — Measure to limit health risks
• French: prévention — Measure to limit health risks
• Italian: prevenzione — Measure to limit health risks
• Plautdietsch: Väabieejunk — Measure to limit health risks
• Portuguese: prevenção — Measure to limit health risks
• Russian: профила́ктика (profiláktika) — Measure to limit health risks
• Spanish: prevención — Measure to limit health risks
• Romanian: prevenire — The act of going, or state of being, before
• Bulgarian: очакване (očakvane) — Anticipation
• Romanian: anticipare — Anticipation
• Serbo-Croatian: anticipacija — Anticipation