"prophylactic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Englisch]

Forms: prophylactic [positive], more prophylactic [comparative], most prophylactic [superlative]
Etymology: griechisch: προφυλακτικος (prophylaktikos) von prophylassein = vorbeugen :::pro- = vor, vorher :::phylassein = wachsam sein
  1. prophylaktisch, vorbeugend
    Sense id: de-prophylactic-en-adj-yvQdFuTi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: antifertility, cautionary, contraceptive, healthful, preventative, preventive, protective Derived forms: prophylactically, prophylaxis Translations (prophylaktisch, vorbeugend): prophylaktisch (Deutsch), vorbeugend (Deutsch), prophylactique (Französisch), profiláctico (Spanisch), profiláctica (Spanisch)

Noun [Englisch]

Forms: the prophylactic [singular], the prophylactics [plural]
Etymology: griechisch: προφυλακτικος (prophylaktikos) von prophylassein = vorbeugen :::pro- = vor, vorher :::phylassein = wachsam sein
  1. Vorbeugungsmaßnahme, Vorbeugungsmittel Tags: general
    Sense id: de-prophylactic-en-noun-GG4qGPxW
  2. vorbeugendes Medikament, zum Beispiel ein Impfstoff oder ein Prophylaktikum
    Sense id: de-prophylactic-en-noun-a90As71R Topics: medicine
  3. Verhütungsmittel zur Vorbeugung gegen Ansteckung oder Empfängnis
    Sense id: de-prophylactic-en-noun-IPhf3Hgv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prophylactically, prophylaxis Translations (Medizin: vorbeugendes Medikament, zum Beispiel ein Impfstoff oder ein Prophylaktikum): Prophylaktikum [neuter] (Deutsch), Vorbeugungsmaßnahme [feminine] (Deutsch), Vorbeugungsmittel [neuter] (Deutsch) Translations (Sexualität: Verhütungsmittel zur Vorbeugung gegen Ansteckung oder Empfängnis): Verhütungsmittel [neuter] (Deutsch) Translations (allgemein: Vorbeugungsmaßnahme, Vorbeugungsmittel): Prophylaktikum [neuter] (Deutsch), Vorbeugungsmaßnahme [feminine] (Deutsch), Vorbeugungsmittel [neuter] (Deutsch)
Categories (other): Anagramm sortiert (Englisch), Englisch, Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch), Substantiv (Englisch), Siehe auch Synonyms: curative, cure, preventive, preventative, remedy, birth, control, device, condom, contraceptive, contraceptive, device, preventive, preventative, device, rubber, safety, safe

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "allgemein: Vorbeugungsmaßnahme, Vorbeugungsmittel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Prophylaktikum"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "allgemein: Vorbeugungsmaßnahme, Vorbeugungsmittel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "allgemein: Vorbeugungsmaßnahme, Vorbeugungsmittel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorbeugungsmittel"
    },
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      "sense": "Medizin: vorbeugendes Medikament, zum Beispiel ein Impfstoff oder ein Prophylaktikum",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Prophylaktikum"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorbeugungsmittel"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
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      "sense_index": "3",
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        "neuter"
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        "Adverb"
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  "etymology_text": "griechisch: προφυλακτικος (prophylaktikos) von prophylassein = vorbeugen\n:::pro- = vor, vorher\n:::phylassein = wachsam sein",
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      ]
    },
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kramnik (a chess player) was successful with his prophylactic strategy.",
          "translation": "Kramnik (ein Schachspieler) war sehr erfolgreich mit seiner vorausschauenden Strategie."
        },
        {
          "text": "As for the coolies, they had deserted because their supply of opium had been cut off — they would not stay in the jungle without opium, which they took as a prophylactic against fever. From George Orwell, Burmese Days"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "prophylaktisch, vorbeugend",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "prophylaktisch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "prophylaktisch, vorbeugend",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "vorbeugend"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "prophylaktisch, vorbeugend",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "prophylactique"
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      "sense": "prophylaktisch, vorbeugend",
      "sense_index": "1",
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    },
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      "lang": "Spanisch",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "prophylaktisch, vorbeugend",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "profiláctica"
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        {
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        }
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        {
          "text": "Anticoagulant vs anti-platelet therapy as prophylactic against cerebralinfarction."
        }
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Prophylaktikum"
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "allgemein: Vorbeugungsmaßnahme, Vorbeugungsmittel",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Vorbeugungsmaßnahme"
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "allgemein: Vorbeugungsmaßnahme, Vorbeugungsmittel",
      "sense_index": "1",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "Vorbeugungsmittel"
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "Prophylaktikum"
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
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        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Medizin: vorbeugendes Medikament, zum Beispiel ein Impfstoff oder ein Prophylaktikum",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Vorbeugungsmittel"
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
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      "sense_index": "3",
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        "neuter"
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  "word": "prophylactic"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-05 from the dewiktionary dump dated 2024-10-20 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.