protection
French, noun/pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃/
protection is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written French, the 1,092nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protection is a French feminine noun meaning “protection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de protéger, de défendre quelqu’un, de veiller à ce qu’il ne lui arrive pas de mal”.
What does protection mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprotection
Near-synonym: défense
- 2
feminineprotection (means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease)
faire l'amour sans protection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de protéger, de défendre quelqu’un, de veiller à ce qu’il ne lui arrive pas de mal. 2. Action de prendre soin de la fortune, des intérêts de quelqu’un, de favoriser l’accroissement, le progrès, la défense de quelque chose. 3. Personne qui en protège, qui en favorise d’autres. 4. Objet qui assure la sécurité des biens ou des personnes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of protection
- protections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protection?
- /pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃\
- [pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protection
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protection in French?
protection appears 78 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).