Meaning of Chaperone | Babel Free
ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊnDefinitions
- An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
- A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
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An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit. UK
Equivalents
العربية
الوصيفة
Deutsch
als Beschützerin begleiten
Anstandsdame
Anstandsdame spielen
Anstandswauwau
Aufpasser
Aufsichtsperson
beaufsichtigen
begleiten
Begleitperson
Begleitung
Chaperon
eskortieren
Esperanto
eskortanto
Gaeilge
bean choimhdeachta
Italiano
sciaperonare
Polski
przyzwoitka
Русский
дуэ́нья
Svenska
förkläde
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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