prezervativ

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See also: prezervatív

Albanian

Etymology

From French préservatif.

Noun

prezervativ m (plural prezervative, definite prezervativi, definite plural prezervativet)

  1. condom

Declension

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French préservatif.

Pronunciation

Noun

prezervativ m inan

  1. condom
    Synonym: kondom

Declension

Further reading

  • preservativ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • prezervativ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French préservatif. First attested in the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.zer.vaˈtiv/
  • Rhymes: -iv
  • Hyphenation: pre‧zer‧va‧tiv

Adjective

prezervativ m or n (feminine singular prezervativă, masculine plural prezervativi, feminine and neuter plural prezervative)

  1. (dated, medicine) prophylactic (disease-preventing)

Noun

prezervativ n (plural prezervative)

  1. condom
  2. (dated, medicine) prophylactic
    Synonym: profilactic
    • 1848 August 29, “Ноꙋ презерватів де холеръ [Nou prezervativ de holeră, New prophylactic for cholera]”, in Albina Românească, number 69, page 1:
      Докторᲈл Хаас аᲈ̆ пропᲈс ла Віена ка презерватів (міжлок феріторіᲈ̆) де холеръ: Хіиіи ші Арцеи, ачесте доъ сънт презерватіве ші віндекътоаре де фрігᲈрі̆ іитермітенте.
      Doctorul Haas au propus la Viena ca prezervativ (mijloc feritoriu) de holeră: Hinin și Arțen, aceste doă sunt prezervative și vindecătoare de friguri intermitente.
      Doctor Haas proposed in Vienna quinine and arsenic as cholera prophylactic (preventative measure): these two are prophylactic and therapeutic in case of intermittent fevers.

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Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French préservatif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prezerʋǎtiːʋ/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧zer‧va‧tiv

Noun

prezervàtīv m (Cyrillic spelling презерва̀тӣв)

  1. condom

Declension