transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈʃæpərəun ]
n. & v. (also chaperone) --n. 1 a person, esp. an older woman, who ensures propriety by accompanying a young unmarried woman on social occasions. 2 a person who takes charge of esp. young people in public. --v.tr. act as a chaperon to. øøchaperonage n. [F, = hood, chaperon, dimin. of chape cope, formed as CAP]