cloak

English

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A man in a cloak

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• (US) IPA: /'klok/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

Noun

cloak (plural cloaks)

1. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
2. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

   Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.

3. (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

Derived terms

• cloak and dagger

Translations

cape

Bulgarian: плащ (bg), наметало (bg), аба (bg) (abá) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 斗篷 (zh) (dǒupeng) Czech: plášť (cs) m. Dutch: mantel (nl) m. Finnish: viitta (fi) French: pelisse (fr) f., pèlerine (fr) f. German: Umhang (de) m., Pelerine (de) f. Greek: κάπα (el) f. Template:kápa Hungarian: köpeny (hu), köpönyeg (hu) Icelandic: skikkja (is) f., möntull (is) m. Irish: brat (ga) m.

Japanese: マント (ja) (manto), クローク (ja) (kurōku) Norwegian: kappe (no) f. Polish: peleryna (pl) f. Portuguese: capa (pt) f., manto (pt) m. Russian: плащ (ru) (plašč) m., мантия (ru) (mántija) f. Scottish Gaelic: cleòc (gd) m. Serbian: plašt m., ogrtač m. Serbo-Croatian: plašt (sh), pelerina (sh), kep (sh) Slovene: plašč (sl) m., ogrinjalo (sl) n. Spanish: capa (es)

blanket-like covering, often metaphorical

Bulgarian: покривало (bg) n. Czech: plášť (cs) m. Finnish: viitta (fi) German: Deckmantel (de) m.

Greek: μανδύας (el) (mandyas) m. Portuguese: véu (pt) m. Russian: покров (ru) (pokróv) m. Spanish: embozo (es), velo (es) m.

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Spanish: capa f.

See also

• burnoose, burnous, burnouse
• domino costume

Verb

cloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)

1. To cover as with a cloak.
2. (science fiction) To render invisible via futuristic technology.

Derived terms

• cloaking device

Translations

to cover as with a cloak

Finnish: verhota (fi) (tr.), verhoutua (fi) (intr.) German: verhüllen (de)

Italian: ammantare (it) Spanish: embozar (es)