protéger

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See also: proteger

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōtegere.

Pronunciation

Verb

protéger

  1. (transitive) to protect
    protéger de / protéger contre ― to protect against
    • 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:
      Est-ce que nos souvenirs nous protègent ? Sont-ils emportés par le temps ?
      Do our memories protect us? Are they swept away by time?
  2. (reflexive) to protect oneself
    se protéger de la chaleur ― to protect oneself from the heat
  3. (reflexive, indirect) to protect one's ...
    se protéger les yeux du soleil ― to protect one's eyes from the sun
  4. (reflexive, reciprocal) to protect each other
    se protéger l’un l’autre ― to protect each other

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like assiéger. It has both the spelling irregularities of other verbs in -ger (such as manger, where a silent 'e' is inserted before 'a' and 'o' endings (to indicate the /ʒ/ sound), and the spelling and pronunciation irregularities of other verbs in -é-er (such as céder), where the last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è').

Conjugation of protéger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple protéger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple protégeant
/pʁɔ.te.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle protégé
/pʁɔ.te.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present protège
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/ 		protèges
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/ 		protège
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/ 		protégeons
/pʁɔ.te.ʒɔ̃/ 		protégez
/pʁɔ.te.ʒe/ 		protègent
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/
imperfect protégeais
/pʁɔ.te.ʒɛ/ 		protégeais
/pʁɔ.te.ʒɛ/ 		protégeait
/pʁɔ.te.ʒɛ/ 		protégions
/pʁɔ.te.ʒjɔ̃/ 		protégiez
/pʁɔ.te.ʒje/ 		protégeaient
/pʁɔ.te.ʒɛ/
past historic2 protégeai
/pʁɔ.te.ʒe/ 		protégeas
/pʁɔ.te.ʒa/ 		protégea
/pʁɔ.te.ʒa/ 		protégeâmes
/pʁɔ.te.ʒam/ 		protégeâtes
/pʁɔ.te.ʒat/ 		protégèrent
/pʁɔ.te.ʒɛʁ/
future protégerai or protègerai
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁe/ 		protégeras or protègeras
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁa/ 		protégera or protègera
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁa/ 		protégerons or protègerons
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		protégerez or protègerez
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁe/ 		protégeront or protègeront
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional protégerais or protègerais
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁɛ/ 		protégerais or protègerais
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁɛ/ 		protégerait or protègerait
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁɛ/ 		protégerions or protègerions
/pʁɔ.tɛ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.te.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		protégeriez or protègeriez
/pʁɔ.tɛ.ʒə.ʁje/ or /pʁɔ.te.ʒə.ʁje/ 		protégeraient or protègeraient
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present protège
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/ 		protèges
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/ 		protège
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/ 		protégions
/pʁɔ.te.ʒjɔ̃/ 		protégiez
/pʁɔ.te.ʒje/ 		protègent
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/
imperfect2 protégeasse
/pʁɔ.te.ʒas/ 		protégeasses
/pʁɔ.te.ʒas/ 		protégeât
/pʁɔ.te.ʒa/ 		protégeassions
/pʁɔ.te.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		protégeassiez
/pʁɔ.te.ʒa.sje/ 		protégeassent
/pʁɔ.te.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — protège
/pʁɔ.tɛʒ/ 		— protégeons
/pʁɔ.te.ʒɔ̃/ 		protégez
/pʁɔ.te.ʒe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Descendants

  • → Romanian: proteja

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