disguise

English

Etymology

Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”)" (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈɡaɪz/, /dɪzˈɡaɪz/
• General American IPA: /dɪˈskaɪz/ X-SAMPA: /dI"skaIz/

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• Hyphenation: dis‧guise
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

disguise (plural disguises)

1. Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.

   That cape and mask complete his disguise.

2. (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
3. The act of disguising, notably as a ploy

   Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.

Synonyms

• camouflage
• guise
• mask
• pretense

Translations

attire to hide/assume an identity

• Bulgarian: дегизиране (bg) n (degizirane)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 偽裝 (jōngngai)

  Mandarin: 偽裝 (cmn), 伪装 (cmn) (wěichěng)

• Czech: převlek (cs) m
• Dutch: vermomming (nl) f, mom (nl) n
• Finnish: valeasu (fi), valepuku (fi)
• French: déguisement (fr) m

• German: Verkleidung (de) f
• Hungarian: álruha (hu)
• Japanese: 変装 (ja) (へんそう, hensō)
• Norwegian: forkledning (no) m
• Portuguese: disfarce (pt) m
• Romanian: deghizare (ro), mascare (ro)
• Spanish: disfraz (es) m

that which masks what's beneath

• Bulgarian: маскиране (bg) n (maskirane)
• Czech: převlek (cs) m
• Finnish: naamiointi (fi)

• German: Tarnung (de) f
• Hungarian: álca (hu)
• Spanish: pantalla (es) f, tapadera (es) f

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• Indonesian: samaran (id)

Verb

disguise (third-person singular simple present disguises, present participle disguising, simple past and past participle disguised)

1. (transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

   Spies often disguise themselves.

2. (transitive) To prevent giving away or revealing (something secret).

   He disguised his true intentions.

Synonyms

• cloak
• mask
• hide

Derived terms

• disguisedly
• disguisement
• disguiser

Translations

to change the appearance

• Bulgarian: маскирам (bg) (maskiram)
• Dutch: (zich) vermommen, verhullen (nl)
• Finnish: naamioida (fi), naamioitua (fi)
• Hebrew: הסווה (he) (hisvá)
• Hungarian: álcáz (hu)

• Macedonian: преправа (mk) (préprava), престорува (mk) (prestótuva)
• Portuguese: disfarçar (pt)
• Romanian: deghiza (ro), masca (ro)
• Spanish: disfrazar (es)

to prevent revealing something secret

• Bulgarian: прикривам (bg) (prikrivam)
• Dutch: verbergen (nl), verhullen (nl), maskeren (nl)
• Finnish: naamioida (fi), salata (fi), peittää (fi)

• German: verstellen (de)
• Macedonian: прикрива (mk) (príkriva), затскрива (mk) (zátskriva)
• Portuguese: esconder (pt)

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• Indonesian: menyamar (id), menyamarkan (id)