preventive

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
2. Carried out to deter military aggression.
3. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
4. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.

Noun

1. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
2. (dated) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
3. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

Conceptes

preventiu

precautori

profilàctic

profilàctic -a

impediment

anticonceptiu

destorb

contraceptiu

interferència

Sinònims

prophylactic

preventative

precautionary

contraceptive

birth control device

protective

hindrance

contraceptive device

inhibitory

prophylactic device

incumbrance

hitch

encumbrance

deterrent

interference

hinderance

prophylactic treatment

prevention

preventive treatment

defensive

deterring

dissuasive

inhibitive

obstacle

obstruction

preemptive

premonitory

preventing

prohibitive

prophylactical

remedial

resistant

stopping

superstitious

Traduccions

préventif

präventiv

preventivo

prophylactique

preventivo

prophylaktisch

profiláctico

vorbeugend

preventivo

profilattico

vorsorglich

profilático

Vorbeugungsmittel

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɹɪˈvɛntɪv/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from New Latin praeventīvus. Equivalent to prevent + -ive.