shield

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

bouclier

🛡️

écu

🛡️

enseigne

protéger

écran de protection

blindage

couvrir

carapace

🐚

refuge

abriter

isoler

justification

morcellement

mur

panneau indicateur

panneau routier

port

revêtement

défense nationale

ecu

écusson

mur de refend

abri

délimiteur

armure

asile

blason

blinder

capuchon

cloison

défense

écran

havre

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Schild

scudo

🛡️

escudo

🛡️

schild

🛡️

escudo

🛡️

scutum

escut

🛡️

ασπίδα

kalkan

🛡️

uithangbord

escut

bord

Schutz

wapenschild

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃiːld/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: scheld

Hérité de ancien anglais: scield

Appartenant à frison occidental: skyld

Appartenant à néerlandais: schild

Appartenant à allemand: Schild

Appartenant à danois: skjold

Appartenant à islandais: skjöldur

Appartenant à féroïen: skjøldur

Appartenant à latin: scūtum

Appartenant à irlandais: sciath

Appartenant à latgalien: škīda

Appartenant à lituanien: skydas

Appartenant à russe: щит

Hérité de moyen anglais: shelden

Hérité de ancien anglais: 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”).