safeguard

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈseɪfɡɑːd/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈseɪfɡɑɹd/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈsæɪfɡɐːd/
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• CMU ARPABET: S EY1 F G AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: защита (zaštita) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Bulgarian: охрана (ohrana) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Danish: beskyttelse — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Danish: værn — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Finnish: suoja — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Georgian: დაცვა (dacva) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Georgian: დამცველი (damcveli) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• German: Sicherung — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• German: Schutz — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• German: Absicherung — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Greek: διασφάλιση (diasfálisi) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Greek: εξασφάλιση (exasfálisi) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Italian: salvaguardia — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Italian: tutela — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Italian: difesa — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Italian: garanzia — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Macedonian: заштита (zaštita) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Macedonian: гаранција (garancija) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Norwegian: sikring — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Portuguese: salvaguarda — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Russian: гара́нтия (garántija) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Slovak: poistka — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Slovak: ochrana — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Spanish: salvaguardia — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Spanish: resguardo — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Spanish: salvaguarda — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Ukrainian: за́хист (záxyst) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Ukrainian: гара́нтія (harántija) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Ukrainian: запору́ка (zaporúka) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Ukrainian: запобі́жник (zapobížnyk) — something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense
• Finnish: kulkulupa — a safe-conduct, especially in time of war
• Serbo-Croatian: obezbjeđenje — a safe-conduct, especially in time of war
• Spanish: salvaguardia — a safe-conduct, especially in time of war
• Bulgarian: предпазвам (predpazvam) — to protect, to keep safe
• Bulgarian: гарантирам (garantiram) — to protect, to keep safe
• Danish: beskytte — to protect, to keep safe
• Danish: sikre — to protect, to keep safe
• Finnish: turvata — to protect, to keep safe
• Finnish: suojata — to protect, to keep safe
• French: protéger — to protect, to keep safe
• Galician: amparar — to protect, to keep safe
• Galician: protexer — to protect, to keep safe
• Galician: gardar — to protect, to keep safe
• Georgian: დაცვა (dacva) — to protect, to keep safe
• German: absichern — to protect, to keep safe
• German: schützen — to protect, to keep safe
• Hebrew: לְאַבְטֵחַ (le'avtéach) — to protect, to keep safe
• Ido: salvogardar — to protect, to keep safe
• Italian: salvaguardare — to protect, to keep safe
• Latin: munio — to protect, to keep safe
• Latin: praemunio — to protect, to keep safe
• Malayalam: സംരക്ഷിക്കുക (saṁrakṣikkuka) — to protect, to keep safe
• Māori: whakahaumaru — to protect, to keep safe
• Pohnpeian: kateng — to protect, to keep safe
• Portuguese: salvaguardar — to protect, to keep safe
• Quechua: hat'alliy — to protect, to keep safe
• Romanian: salvgarda — to protect, to keep safe
• Slovak: zabezpečiť — to protect, to keep safe
• Slovak: zabezpečovať — to protect, to keep safe
• Spanish: salvaguardar — to protect, to keep safe
• Spanish: resguardar — to protect, to keep safe
• Ukrainian: запобі́гти (zapobíhty) — to protect, to keep safe
• Ukrainian: запобіга́ти (zapobiháty) — to protect, to keep safe
• Ukrainian: гарантува́ти (harantuváty) — to protect, to keep safe
• Bulgarian: охранявам (ohranjavam) — to escort safely
• Finnish: suojata — to escort safely
• Finnish: turvata — to escort safely