ward

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.

Verb

1. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
2. To defend, to protect.
3. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
4. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
5. To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Concepts

quartier

pupille

garde

salle

pavillon

garder

spécialité

circonscription

section

dispensaire

infirmerie

domaine

observation

surveillance

protégé

parer

arrondissement

pensionnaire

tutelle

circonscription électorale

surveiller

cour

unité

chambre

pièce

élève

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɔːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English ward, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart.