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• /pɹəˈtɛkt/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 T EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegō, prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) + tegō, tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Largely displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mbroj — to keep safe
• Southern Altai: корыыр (korïïr) — to keep safe
• Arabic: حَمَى (ḥamā) — to keep safe
• Armenian: պաշտպանել (paštpanel) — to keep safe
• Aromanian: apãr — to keep safe
• Asturian: protexer — to keep safe
• Azerbaijani: qorumaq — to keep safe
• Bashkir: ҡурғау (qurğaw) — to keep safe
• Basque: babestu — to keep safe
• Belarusian: абараня́ць (abaranjácʹ) — to keep safe
• Belarusian: абарані́ць (abaranícʹ) — to keep safe
• Bulgarian: предпазвам (predpazvam) — to keep safe
• Bulgarian: защитавам (zaštitavam) — to keep safe
• Catalan: protegir — to keep safe
• Chinese Mandarin: 保護 /保护 (bǎohù) — to keep safe
• Chinese Mandarin: 保衛 /保卫 (bǎowèi) — to keep safe
• Maore Comorian: uhifadhwi — to keep safe
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhifadhwi — to keep safe
• Czech: chránit — to keep safe
• Danish: beskytte — to keep safe
• Dutch: beschermen — to keep safe
• Dutch: beveiligen — to keep safe
• Egyptian: x:D43-w-Y1V (ḫwj) — to keep safe
• Egyptian: m-a:k-Y1V (mkj) — to keep safe
• Egyptian: nD-nw:D40 (nḏ) — to keep safe
• Esperanto: protekti — to keep safe
• Esperanto: ŝirmi — to keep safe
• Estonian: kaitsma — to keep safe
• Finnish: suojata — to keep safe
• Finnish: suojella — to keep safe
• Finnish: varjella — to keep safe
• French: protéger — to keep safe
• Galician: protexer — to keep safe
• Galician: amparar — to keep safe
• Georgian: იცავს (icavs) — to keep safe
• Georgian: იფარავს (iparavs) — to keep safe
• Georgian: მფარველობს (mparvelobs) — to keep safe
• German: schützen — to keep safe
• German: beschützen — to keep safe
• Greek: προστατεύω (prostatévo) — to keep safe
• Haitian Creole: pwoteje — to keep safe
• Hebrew: הֵגֵן (hegén) — to keep safe
• Hindi: रक्षा करना (rakṣā karnā) — to keep safe
• Hungarian: véd — to keep safe
• Hungarian: óv — to keep safe
• Hungarian: oltalmaz — to keep safe
• Hungarian: oltalmába vesz — to keep safe
• Icelandic: vernda — to keep safe
• Ido: protektar — to keep safe
• Irish: caomhnaigh — to keep safe
• Irish: cosain — to keep safe
• Irish: ainic — to keep safe
• Old Irish: aingid — to keep safe
• Old Irish: imm·dích — to keep safe
• Old Irish: do·eim — to keep safe
• Italian: proteggere — to keep safe
• Japanese: 守る (mamoru) — to keep safe
• Japanese: 保護する (hogo suru) — to keep safe
• Khmer: គាំពារ (koam pie) — to keep safe
• Korean: 보호하다 (bohohada) — to keep safe
• Central Kurdish: پاراستن (parastin) — to keep safe
• Northern Kurdish: parastin — to keep safe
• Northern Kurdish: parêztin — to keep safe
• Lao: ປົກປ້ອງ (pok pǭng) — to keep safe
• Lao: ປ້ອງກັນ (pǭng kan) — to keep safe
• Latin: protego — to keep safe
• Latin: defendo — to keep safe
• Latin: tutor — to keep safe
• Latin: tueor — to keep safe
• Latin: colo — to keep safe
• Latin: munio — to keep safe
• Latvian: saudzēt — to keep safe
• Lithuanian: saugoti — to keep safe
• Lithuanian: apsaugoti — to keep safe
• Malayalam: രക്ഷിയ്ക്കുക (rakṣiykkuka) — to keep safe
• Māori: whakangungu — to keep safe
• Māori: whakaruruhau — to keep safe
• Māori: whakahaumaru — to keep safe
• Māori: kaikaro — to keep safe
• Māori: rauhī — to keep safe
• Māori: pākaihoko — to keep safe
• Middle English: helien — to keep safe
• Middle English: forhelien — to keep safe
• Middle English: bischilden — to keep safe
• Middle English: beschielden — to keep safe
• Middle English: berwen — to keep safe
• Middle English: bergen — to keep safe
• Middle English: mundien — to keep safe
• Middle English: mounden — to keep safe
• Mongolian: сэргийлэх (sergiilex) — to keep safe
• Navajo: bichʼą́ą́h iighááh — to keep safe
• Norman: protégi — to keep safe
• Norwegian: beskytte — to keep safe
• Norwegian: verne — to keep safe
• Norwegian: sikre — to keep safe
• Norwegian: dekke — to keep safe
• Norwegian: gardere — to keep safe
• Occitan: protegir — to keep safe
• Old Occitan: guardar — to keep safe
• Old English: sċildan — to keep safe
• Persian: پاییدن (pâyidan) — to keep safe
• Polish: chronić — to keep safe
• Portuguese: proteger — to keep safe
• Romanian: proteja — to keep safe
• Romanian: apăra — to keep safe
• Romanian: ocroti — to keep safe
• Russian: защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) — to keep safe
• Russian: защити́ть (zaščitítʹ) — to keep safe
• Russian: оберега́ть (oberegátʹ) — to keep safe
• Russian: бере́чь (beréčʹ) — to keep safe
• Sanskrit: रक्षति (rakṣati) — to keep safe
• Scots: pertect — to keep safe
• Scottish Gaelic: dìon — to keep safe
• Serbo-Croatian: заштитити — to keep safe
• Serbo-Croatian: zaštititi — to keep safe
• Sikkimese: སྐྱོང་བོ (skyong bo) — to keep safe
• Sindhi: رکيا ڪرڻ (rkhyā krṇ) — to keep safe
• Spanish: proteger — to keep safe
• Spanish: defensar — to keep safe
• Spanish: captener — to keep safe
• Swahili: kukinga — to keep safe
• Swahili: kulinda — to keep safe
• Swedish: skydda — to keep safe
• Swedish: beskydda — to keep safe
• Tagalog: protektahan — to keep safe
• Telugu: సంరక్షించు (saṁrakṣiñcu) — to keep safe
• Thai: ป้องกัน (bpɔ̂ng-gan) — to keep safe
• Thai: คุ้มครอง (kúm-krɔɔng) — to keep safe
• Thai: ปกป้อง (bpòk-bpɔ̂ng) — to keep safe
• Tocharian B: pāsk- — to keep safe
• Turkish: korumak — to keep safe
• Ottoman Turkish: قوریمق (korımak, korumak) — to keep safe
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗 (nġr) — to keep safe
• Ukrainian: захища́ти (zaxyščáty) — to keep safe
• Ukrainian: захисти́ти (zaxystýty) — to keep safe
• Uzbek: qoʻrimoq — to keep safe
• Vietnamese: bảo vệ — to keep safe
• Welsh: amddiffyn — to keep safe