"protective" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pɹɛtɛktɪv/, /pɹoʊtɛktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-protective.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more protective [comparative], most protective [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪv Etymology: protect + -ive Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|protect|ive}} protect + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} protective (comparative more protective, superlative most protective)
  1. Serving or intended to protect. Categories (topical): Birth control
    Sense id: en-protective-en-adj-ixxNYguh Disambiguation of Birth control: 26 18 25 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 9 41 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 20 6 40 33
  2. Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something. Categories (topical): Birth control, Personality
    Sense id: en-protective-en-adj-AaiXciIX Disambiguation of Birth control: 26 18 25 31 Disambiguation of Personality: 9 52 23 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (serving, intended or wishing to protect): պաշտպանական (paštpanakan) (Armenian), qoruyucu (Azerbaijani), защитен (zaštiten) (Bulgarian), предпазен (predpazen) (Bulgarian), ochranný (Czech), suoja- (Finnish), suojaava (Finnish), turvaava (Finnish), protecteur (French), Schutz- (German), הגנתי (haganatí) [masculine] (Hebrew), מגן (magén) (Hebrew), fálach (Irish), díonmhar (Irish), protettivo (Italian), қорғауыш (qorğauyş) (Kazakh), healdsum (Old English), protetor (Portuguese), protetivo (Portuguese), защи́тный (zaščítnyj) (Russian), охра́нный (oxránnyj) (Russian), protector (Spanish), amddiffynol (Welsh)

Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹɛtɛktɪv/, /pɹoʊtɛktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-protective.wav [Southern-England] Forms: protectives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪv Etymology: protect + -ive Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|protect|ive}} protect + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} protective (plural protectives)
  1. (British) Something that protects. Tags: British Categories (topical): Birth control Translations (Something that protects): suoja (Finnish), protector [masculine] (Romanian), protector [sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-protective-en-noun-guzYMWZV Disambiguation of Birth control: 26 18 25 31 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 9 41 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 20 6 40 33 Disambiguation of 'Something that protects': 96 4
  2. A condom. Categories (topical): Birth control Translations (A condom): презерватив (prezervativ) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kondomi (Finnish), preservativo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-protective-en-noun-Tlq6fyX7 Disambiguation of Birth control: 26 18 25 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 9 41 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 7 28 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 20 6 40 33 Disambiguation of 'A condom': 3 97

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "personal protective equipment"
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      "word": "photoprotective"
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    {
      "word": "superprotective"
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      "word": "thermoprotective"
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      "word": "thromboprotective"
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    {
      "word": "thyroprotective"
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      "word": "tubuloprotective"
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    {
      "word": "unprotective"
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    {
      "word": "uroprotective"
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      "ipa": "/pɹoʊtɛktɪv/"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "paštpanakan",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "պաշտպանական"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "qoruyucu"
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      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
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      "roman": "predpazen",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "предпазен"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "ochranný"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "turvaava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "protecteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "Schutz-"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "haganatí",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הגנתי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "magén",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "מגן"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "fálach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "díonmhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "protettivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "qorğauyş",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "қорғауыш"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "healdsum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "protetor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "protetivo"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "защи́тный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "охра́нный"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "protector"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "serving, intended or wishing to protect",
      "word": "amddiffynol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "protective"
}

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Something that protects",
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      "code": "ro",
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        "lifestyle"
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "A condom",
      "word": "kondomi"
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      "code": "pt",
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        "masculine"
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