prophylactic

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɒfəˈlæktɪk/
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• rhymes with -æktɪk
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From Latin prophylacticus, from Ancient Greek προφυλακτικός (prophulaktikós, “prophylactic”).

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِحْتِرَازِيّ (iḥtirāziyy) — serving to prevent or protect
• Asturian: profilácticu — serving to prevent or protect
• Belarusian: прафілакты́чны (prafilaktýčny) — serving to prevent or protect
• Bulgarian: профилактичен (profilaktičen) — serving to prevent or protect
• Catalan: profilàctic — serving to prevent or protect
• Czech: profylaxní — serving to prevent or protect
• Czech: profylakční — serving to prevent or protect
• Czech: profylaktický — serving to prevent or protect
• Czech: profylaktivní — serving to prevent or protect
• Danish: profylaktisk — serving to prevent or protect
• Dutch: prophylactisch — serving to prevent or protect
• Dutch: voorbehoedend — serving to prevent or protect
• Finnish: ennalta ehkäisevä — serving to prevent or protect
• Finnish: profylaktinen — serving to prevent or protect
• Finnish: preventiivinen — serving to prevent or protect
• French: prophylactique — serving to prevent or protect
• Galician: profiláctico — serving to prevent or protect
• German: prophylaktisch — serving to prevent or protect
• Hungarian: profilaktikus — serving to prevent or protect
• Indonesian: profilaksis — serving to prevent or protect
• Interlingua: prophylactic — serving to prevent or protect
• Irish: urchoscach — serving to prevent or protect
• Irish: próifiolacsach — serving to prevent or protect
• Italian: profilattico — serving to prevent or protect
• Latvian: profilaktisks — serving to prevent or protect
• Norwegian: profylaktisk — serving to prevent or protect
• Polish: profilaktyczny — serving to prevent or protect
• Polish: zapobiegawczy — serving to prevent or protect
• Portuguese: profiláctico — serving to prevent or protect
• Russian: профилактический (profilaktičeskij) — serving to prevent or protect
• Spanish: profiláctico — serving to prevent or protect
• Swedish: profylaktisk — serving to prevent or protect
• Ukrainian: профілакти́чний (profilaktýčnyj) — serving to prevent or protect
• Bulgarian: профилактика (profilaktika) — preventive medicine
• Catalan: profilàctic — preventive medicine
• Finnish: ennalta ehkäisevä lääke — preventive medicine
• Finnish: profylaksi — preventive medicine
• Finnish: ehkäisyväline — preventive medicine
• Greek: προφυλακτικό (profylaktikó) — preventive medicine
• Indonesian: profilaksis — preventive medicine
• Irish: urchosc — preventive medicine
• Polish: środek profilaktyczny — preventive medicine
• Polish: środek zapobiegawczy — preventive medicine
• Catalan: profilàctic — device or mechanism
• Finnish: ennalta ehkäisevä toimenpide — device or mechanism
• Finnish: suojakeino — device or mechanism
• Finnish: suoja — device or mechanism
• Greek: προφυλακτικό (profylaktikó) — device or mechanism
• Indonesian: profilaksis — device or mechanism
• Polish: środek zapobiegawczy — device or mechanism