chaperon
chaperon · chaperons · chaperoned · chaperoning
сопровождать
begleiten, eskortieren, beaufsichtigen, bemuttern
To accompany; to escortTo accompany; to escort.
UK/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/US/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/
» Are you chaperoning?
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo accompany; to escort.
begleiten, eskortieren, beaufsichtigen
сопровожда́тьsoprovoždátʹ
accompany as a chaperone
To mother.
bemuttern
Examples
2 sentencesAre you chaperoning?
Tobias used to chaperon his little brothers while they trick-and-treated.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to accompany, to escort:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to accompany, to escort:
to mother:
Origin
From French chaperon (“hood”), from Middle French, "head covering", from Old French chape.From French chaperon (“hood”), from Middle French, "head covering", from Old French chape.
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Forms
chaperons, chaperoning, chaperoned, chaperoned| Base form | chaperon · to chaperon |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chaperons |
| Present participle | chaperoning |
| Past simple | chaperoned |
| Past participle | chaperoned |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- accompany as a chaperone:chaperone
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.