preventive

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

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

Traducións

préventif

präventiv

preventivo

prophylactique

preventivo

prophylaktisch

profilattico

preventiu

preventivo

profiláctico

vorbeugend

profilático

vorsorglich

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/pɹɪˈvɛntɪv/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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