shield

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
2. (figuratively) Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
3. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
4. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
5. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
6. A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
7. (Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
8. A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
9. (obsolete) A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
10. A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
11. (colloquial) A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
12. A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
13. A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
14. (Scotland, euphemistic, figuratively, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
15. (British, English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To protect, to defend.
2. (UK, intransitive) To shelter; to protect oneself.
3. To protect from the influence of.

Conceptes

escut

🛡️

broquer

escudar

escussó

cuirassar

defensar

pantalla protectora

placa protectora

abric

🧥

protegir

separador

cutícula

resguard

resguardar

rodella

capa protectora

protecció

closca

cobrir

cuirassa

Sinònims

protect

screen

shelter

cover

safeguard

guard

💂

shielding

protection

defend

buckler

escutcheon

hide

preserve

armor

shade

armour

aegis

shell

🐚

defense

conceal

sign

hood

harbour

barrier

carapace

save

curtain

harbor

defence

shield from

scutum

screening

cloak

ward off

leather shield

auspices

scutcheon

cap

asylum

covering

protector

secure

mask

😷

cuticle

patronage

board

folding screen

coat of mail

coat of arms

coating

Traduccions

bouclier

🛡️

Schild

scudo

🛡️

escudo

🛡️

schild

🛡️

escudo

🛡️

écu

🛡️

scutum

ασπίδα

kalkan

🛡️

escut

uithangbord

wapenschild

beschermen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʃiːld/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: scheld

Heretat de anglès antic: scield

Cognat amb frisó occidental: skyld

Cognat amb neerlandès: schild

Cognat amb alemany: Schild

Cognat amb danès: skjold

Cognat amb islandès: skjöldur

Cognat amb feroès: skjøldur

Cognat amb llatí: scūtum

Cognat amb irlandès: sciath

Cognat amb Latgalian: škīda

Cognat amb lituà: skydas

Cognat amb rus: щит

Heretat de anglès mitjà: shelden

Heretat de anglès antic: scildan

In summary

From Middle English scheld, shelde, from Old English scield (“shield”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“cut, split”). Cognate with West Frisian skyld, Dutch schild (“shield”), German Schild (“shield”), Danish skjold (“shield”), Icelandic skjöldur (“shield”) and Faroese skjøldur (“shield”).
Compare Latin scūtum (“shield”), Irish sciath (“shield”), Latgalian škīda (“shield”), Lithuanian skydas (“shield”), Russian щит (ščit, “shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, protect”), *skey- (“to cut, split”).