decoy

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch de +‎ kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːkɔɪ/

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Noun

decoy (plural decoys)

1. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
2. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

Translations

person or object meant to lure something to danger

• Bulgarian: прима́мка (bg) (primámka)
• Catalan: esquer (ca) m, cimbell m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引诱物 (yǐnyòuwù) (object), 引誘人／引诱人 (yǐnyòurén) (person), 誘餌／诱饵 (zh) (yòu'ěr), 诱饵 (zh) (yòu'ěr)

• Dutch: lokvogel (nl) m, afleiding (nl) f
• Finnish: houkutin (fi), houkutuslintu
• French: leurre (fr) m, appât (fr) m
• German: Lockvogel (de) m, Köder (de) m
• Greek: δόλωμα (el) n (dóloma), κράχτης (el) m (kráchtis)
• Italian: esca (it) f, richiamo (it) m
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• Japanese: 囮 (ja) (otori), おとり (ja) (otori), 好餌 (こうじ, kōji)
• Latin: illex m or f
• Maori: hunuhunu, kaipātari, hūhunu
• Polish: przynęta (pl) f
• Portuguese: chamariz (pt) m
• Russian: прима́нка (ru) f (primánka), подсадна́я у́тка (ru) f (podsadnája útka), нажи́вка (ru) f (nažívka) (bait)
• Serbo-Croatian: мамац m (mamac)
• Spanish: señuelo, carnada (colloquial)
• Swedish: lockbete (sv) n
• Tagalog: kati (tl), pangati

animal used by hunters to lure game

• Bulgarian: изку́ствена пти́ца f (izkústvena ptíca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 囮子 (zh) (ézi)

• Czech: návnada f
• Dutch: afleiding (nl) f
• Finnish: houkutuslintu
• French: leurre (fr) m
• German: Lockvogel (de) m
• Greek: δόλωμα (el) n (dóloma)

  Ancient: παλευτής m (paleutḗs)

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• Icelandic: lokkunarfugl m
• Italian: zimbello (it) m
• Maori: tīmori
• Portuguese: chamariz (pt) m
• Russian: мано́к (ru) m (manók), подсадна́я у́тка (ru) f (podsadnája útka)
• Serbo-Croatian: mamac (sh) m
• Spanish: señuelo, carnada (colloquial)
• Volapük: (bird) bätaböd, (duck) bätadök

Verb

decoy (third-person singular simple present decoys, present participle decoying, simple past and past participle decoyed)

1. (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.

   to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net

   • Goldsmith

     E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.

2. (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• deke

Translations

to act or use a decoy

• Bulgarian: примамвам (bg) (primamvam)
• Dutch: lokken (nl)
• French: piéger (fr)
• German: ködern (de), locken (de)
• Greek: δελεάζω (el) (deleázo)

  Ancient: παλεύω (paleúō)

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• Maori: onga, tīmori
• Russian: прима́нивать (ru) (primánivatʹ), примани́ть (ru) (primanítʹ)

Anagrams

• coyed