covert

English

Etymology

From Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t
• IPA: /ˈkoʊ.vɚt/, /ˈkʌvɚt/

Adjective

covert (comparative more covert, superlative most covert)

1. (now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:

     Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne [...].

2. (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:covert
• feme covert

Antonyms

• overt

Derived terms

• covert stuttering

Related terms

• cover

Translations

secret

• Bulgarian: скрит (bg) (skrit), прикрит (bg) (prikrit), потаен (bg) (potaen)
• Russian: секретный (ru) (sekrétnyj), скрытый (ru) (skrýtyj), тайный (ru) (tájnyj), (e.g. door, tunnel) потайной (ru) (potajnój)

• Spanish: encubierto (es)
• Swedish: hemlig (sv), förtäckt (sv)

Noun

covert (plural coverts)

1. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
2. A feather that covers others

Translations

area of thick undergrowth

• Bulgarian: гъсталак (bg) (gǎstalak) m

• Manx: aaght (gv) m

Anagrams

• vector

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkavɐt/

Verb

covert

1. Third-person singular present of covern.
2. Second-person plural present of covern.
3. Second-person plural subjunctive I of covern.
4. Imperative plural of covern.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• covri

Verb form

covert

1. Past participle of covrir