concealment

English

Etymology

From Old French concelement (“concealment, secrecy”). By surface analysis, conceal +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːlmənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: con‧ceal‧ment

Noun

concealment (countable and uncountable, plural concealments)

1. The practice of keeping secrets.

   weapons concealment

   act of concealment

   concealment of identity

   The documents were hidden in deliberate concealment.

   He was charged with the concealment of evidence.

2. The condition of being hidden or concealed.
3. (military) protection from observation or surveillance.

Derived terms

• nonconcealment
• unconcealment

Translations

The practice of keeping secrets

• Bulgarian: укривателство n (ukrivatelstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保密 (zh) (bǎomì)

• Czech: zatajování (cs) m, zamlčení m
• French: dissimulation (fr) f
• Italian: occultamento (it) m, dissimulazione (it) f
• Japanese: 秘匿 (ja) (ひとく, hitoku), 隠匿 (ja) (いんとく, intoku), 隠蔽 (ja) (いんぺい, inpei), 潜伏 (ja) (せんぷく, senpuku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hemmelighold n, fortielse (no) m

• Occitan: celament, amagament, occultacion, dissimulacion (oc)
• Portuguese: ocultação (pt) f
• Spanish: ocultamiento (es) m, ocultación (es) f, soterramiento (es) m, escondimiento m
• Tatar: астыртынлык (tt) (astırtınlıq)
• Telugu: దాపరికము (dāparikamu)

the condition of being hidden or concealed

• Bulgarian: скритост (bg) f (skritost)
• Czech: úkryt (cs) m, utajení m, maskování m
• French: dissimulation (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κρύψις f (krúpsis)

• Indonesian: kerahasiaan (id)
• Māori: tārehutanga
• Occitan: dissimulacion (oc), celament

(military) protection from observation or surveillance

• Bulgarian: маскировка (bg) f (maskirovka)
• Czech: maskování m
• French: dissimulation (fr) f
• Italian: dissimulazione (it) f, mascheramento (it) m, occultamento (it) m, celamento m
• Occitan: amagament, dissimulacion (oc)