chaperone

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
2. A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
3. (UK) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.

Verb

1. To act as a chaperone.
2. (UK) To work as a chaperone.

Concepts

chaperon

chaperonner

compagne

duègne

Synonymes

chaperon

accompany

escort

mistress

wait upon

attend on

escort and wait on

housekeeper

minder

Traductions

señora de compañía

chaperón

Anstandsdame

Anstandswauwau

bedienen

begleiten

geleiten

pflegen

Geleit geben

begeleider

chaperonne

chaperonneren

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

See chaperon.