See also: proteger

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin prōtegere.

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Verb edit

protéger

  1. (transitive) to protect
    protéger de / protéger contreto protect against
    • 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:
      Est-ce que nos souvenirs nous protègent ? Sont-ils emportés par le temps ?
      Do our memories protect us? Are they swept away by time?
  2. (reflexive) to protect oneself
    se protéger de la chaleurto protect oneself from the heat
  3. (reflexive, indirect) to protect one's ...
    se protéger les yeux du soleilto protect one's eyes from the sun
  4. (reflexive, reciprocal) to protect each other
    se protéger l’un l’autreto protect each other

Conjugation edit

This verb is conjugated like assiéger. It has both the spelling irregularities of other verbs in -ger (such as manger, where a silent 'e' is inserted before 'a' and 'o' endings (to indicate the /ʒ/ sound), and the spelling and pronunciation irregularities of other verbs in -é-er (such as céder), where the last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è').

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Descendants edit

  • Romanian: proteja

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