preventive

Etymology
Borrowed from. Equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 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)  Going before; preceding.
 * 1)  Going before; preceding.
 * 1)  Going before; preceding.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: preventiu
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Irish: toirmeascach
 * Japanese: 抑止力となる
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forebyggende
 * Nynorsk: førebyggjande
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pang-apula


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: preventiu
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: profilàctic
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Polish:
 * Tagalog: pang-apula

Noun

 * 1)  A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
 * 2)  A thing that slows the development of an illness.
 * 3) A contraceptive, especially a condom.
 * 1) A contraceptive, especially a condom.
 * 1) A contraceptive, especially a condom.

Usage notes

 * Although it is not mandatory, many speakers prefer to use preventive in adjective senses and preventative in noun senses.