"protégé" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹɒt.ə.ʒeɪ/ [UK], /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌʒeɪ/ [US] Forms: protégés [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French protégé, past participle of protéger (“to protect”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|protégé}} French protégé Head templates: {{en-noun}} protégé (plural protégés)
  1. A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor). Wikipedia link: protégé (disambiguation) Categories (topical): People Synonyms: apprentice, mentee (english: more informal), pupil, protege Derived forms: protégé effect Related terms: protégée [feminine], ward Translations (person who is guided and supported): ربيب (rabīb) (Arabic), مَحْمِيّ (maḥmiyy) (Arabic), 門徒 (Chinese Mandarin), 门徒 (méntú) (Chinese Mandarin), protegé [masculine] (Dutch), beschermeling [masculine] (Dutch), suojatti (Finnish), protégé [masculine] (French), protégée [feminine] (French), Günstling [masculine] (German), Protegé (note: both with a negative connotation) [masculine] (German), Mündel [neuter] (German), Schützling [masculine] (German), προστατευόμενος (prostatevómenos) [masculine] (Greek), προστατευομένη (prostatevoméni) [feminine] (Greek), védenc (Hungarian), pártfogolt (Hungarian), 子飼い (kogai) (alt: こがい) (Japanese), プロテジェ (puroteje) (Japanese), 門徒 (monto) (alt: ものと) (Japanese), メンティー (mentī) (Japanese), пулен (pulen) [masculine] (Macedonian), paruhi (Maori), poipoinga (Maori), شاگرد (shãgerd) (Persian), protegowany [masculine] (Polish), protegowana [feminine] (Polish), pupilo [masculine] (Portuguese), протеже́ (protɛžé) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), штићеник [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), štićenik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), protegé [common-gender] (Swedish), skyddsling [common-gender] (Swedish), tagapagtanod (Tagalog), çırak (Turkish), протеже́ (protežé) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian)

Adjective [French]

IPA: /pʁɔ.te.ʒe/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-protégé.wav Forms: protégée [feminine], protégés [masculine, plural], protégées [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} protégé (feminine protégée, masculine plural protégés, feminine plural protégées)
  1. protected
    Sense id: en-protégé-fr-adj-myu85sct

Noun [French]

IPA: /pʁɔ.te.ʒe/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-protégé.wav Forms: protégés [plural], protégée [feminine]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} protégé m (plural protégés, feminine protégée)
  1. protégé (person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-protégé-fr-noun-vDRVnVnZ

Verb [French]

IPA: /pʁɔ.te.ʒe/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-protégé.wav Forms: protégée [feminine], protégés [masculine, plural], protégées [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-past participle}} protégé (feminine protégée, masculine plural protégés, feminine plural protégées)
  1. past participle of protéger Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: protéger
    Sense id: en-protégé-fr-verb-eDQOBuxn Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 33 11 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 10 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 6 80

Verb [Louisiana Creole]

Etymology: From French protéger (“to protect”), compare Haitian Creole pwoteje. Etymology templates: {{inh|lou|fr|protéger||to protect}} French protéger (“to protect”), {{cog|ht|pwoteje}} Haitian Creole pwoteje Head templates: {{head|lou|verb}} protégé
  1. to protect
    Sense id: en-protégé-lou-verb-9gy7nNLb Categories (other): Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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