Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine) guard (someone who keeps guard of something)
- (masculine) guardian, warden (protector)
- (masculine) guardian (someone who looks after something else)
- (masculine) guardian
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of gardien de but (goalkeeper; goaltender; goalie)
- (North-America, masculine) babysitter
Concepts
security gard
day-care attendant
fautor
chief warden
garde
Synonyms
gardienne d’enfants
tuteur légal
homme de garde
protecteur isolant
warder
conservateure
Gardienne de but
guardien
veilleur de nuit
dispositif de protection
Gardien de but
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaʁ.djɛ̃/
Etymology
In summary
From Old French guardian, guardein (“protector, guard”), from an earlier *gardenc, the first root deriving from guarder and the second from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz, cf the similarly-formed Italian guardingo . The suffix was later changed; compare the Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin guardianus, which may have influenced it. Doublet of gardian.
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