"-proof" meaning in All languages combined

See -proof on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

Etymology: From the adjective proof (“fully resistant”), from the same Old French root as prove. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=verb-forming suffixes|cat4=|head=|id=}} -proof, {{en-suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=verb-forming suffixes}} -proof
  1. Added to a noun to form an adjective denoting imperviousness to that noun. Tags: morpheme
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  2. Added to a noun to form a verb denoting a process to make something impervious to that noun. Tags: morpheme
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -safe Translations (denoting an impervious quality): 防- (fáng) (Chinese Mandarin), résistant à (French), à l'épreuve de (French), imperméable à (French), hermétique à (French), doté d'une sécurité obviant à (French), -fest (German), -sicher (German), -álló (Hungarian), -biztos (Hungarian), -heldur [masculine] (Icelandic), 耐- (tai) (Japanese), 防- (bou) (Japanese), kalis (Malay), odporny (Polish), anti- (Portuguese), à prova de (Portuguese), a prueba de (Spanish), -säker (Swedish)
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "à prova de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "a prueba de"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "-säker"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-proof"
}

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