"-proof" meaning in English

See -proof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From the verb proof (“make resistant”), from the same Old French root as prove. Etymology templates: {{m|en|proof||make resistant}} proof (“make resistant”), {{m|en|prove}} prove Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -proof, {{en-suffix}} -proof
  1. Suffix added to a noun to form an adjective denoting imperviousness to that noun. Tags: morpheme 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), -säker (Swedish)

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          "word": "virus-proof"
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          "word": "waterproof"
        },
        {
          "word": "weatherproof"
        },
        {
          "word": "windproof"
        },
        {
          "word": "wind-proof"
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          "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
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          "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
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          "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
          "word": "à prova de"
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          "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
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      "roman": "fáng",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "防-"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "résistant à"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "à l’épreuve de"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "imperméable à"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "hermétique à"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "doté d’une sécurité obviant à"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "-fest"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "-sicher"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "-álló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "-biztos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "-heldur"
    },
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      "roman": "tai",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "耐-"
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      "roman": "bou",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "防-"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "kalis"
    },
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      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
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    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "anti-"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "à prova de"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "denoting an impervious quality",
      "word": "-säker"
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