protégé, n.m., -e, n.f., favorite, dependant; protégé; protégée.
protéger, v.a., to protect, to defend, to shield, to shelter; to patronize, to countenance, to favor. — contre le mal; to shield from harm.
protestant, -e, n. and adj., Protestant.
protestantisme, n.m., Protestantism.
protestation, n.f., protestation, protest. — d’amitié; profession of friendship. Faire insérer une — dans le procès-verbal; to enter a protest.
protester, v.a., to protest; to vow. Je vous le proteste sur mon honneur; I swear to you on my honor. — une lettre de change; to protest a bill of exchange. Se —; to be protested.
protester, v.n., to protest. — de nullité; to protest against the validity of a deed.
protêt, n.m., (com.) protest. — faute de payement; protest for non-payment. Faire signifier un —; to give notice of a protest.
prothèse, n.f., (surg.) prothesis. — dentaire; setting of artificial teeth.
proto, a prefix from Gr. πρῶτος.