• enPR: /stônch/, IPA: /stɔːntʃ/
• (some accents) enPR: /stänch/, IPA: /stɑːntʃ/

staunch (comparative stauncher, superlative staunchest)

1. Loyal, trustworthy, reliable.

   He's been a staunch supporter of mine through every election.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 16]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare & Co.; Sylvia Beach, OCLC 560090630 ↗; republished London: Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, October 1922, OCLC 2297483 ↗:

     he relished a glass of choice old wine in season as both nourishing and bloodmaking and possessing aperient virtues (notably a good burgundy which he was a staunch believer in)

2. Dependable, persistent.

   Without our staunch front line the enemy would have split the regiment.

• French: fervent
• German: loyal
• Italian: leale
• Portuguese: confiável
• Russian: надёжный
• Spanish: fiel, leal, incondicional, acérrimo

• Italian: fermo
• Portuguese: forte

staunch (staunches, present participle staunching; past and past participle staunched)

1. (transitive) To stop the flow of (blood).
2. (transitive) To stop, check, or deter an action.

   Somebody's got to staunch those press leaks!

• French: étancher
• Portuguese: estancar
• Russian: остана́вливать
• Spanish: estancar

• Portuguese: estancar
• Spanish: estancar