protégée

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French protégée. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒtəʒeɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊtəʒeɪ/ or as in French Hyphenation: pro‧té‧gée === Noun === protégée (plural protégées) A female protégé. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɔ.te.ʒe/ === Participle === protégée f sg feminine singular of protégé === Further reading === “protégée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012