masque
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See also: masqué
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, UK) IPA(key): /mæsk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑːsk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk
- Homophones: mask, masc (some accents)
Noun[edit]
masque (plural masques)
- (archaic, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
- (archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
- (archaic) A masquerade.
- Archaic form of mask.
- A facial mask.
- mud masque; clay masque
Verb[edit]
masque (third-person singular simple present masques, present participle masquing, simple past and past participle masqued)
- Archaic form of mask.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
- It is even masqued by that sort of good-humoured air that at heart he resents his impressment.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian maschera. More at English mask.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
masque m (plural masques)
- mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
- Short for masque de grossesse.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
All are borrowed.
- Czech: maska
- Danish: maske
- English: masque
- German: Maske
- → Hungarian: maszk
- Hunsrik: Mask
- Macedonian: маска (maska)
- Mongolian: маск (mask)
- Norwegian: maske
- Persian: ماسک (mâsk)
- Polish: maska
- Romanian: mască
- Russian: маска (maska)
- → Kazakh: маска (maska)
- Serbo-Croatian: maska / маска
- Swedish: mask
- Turkish: maske
Further reading[edit]
- “masque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian maschera.[1]
Noun[edit]
masque m (plural masques)
- mask (covering for the face)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “masque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
masque
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mascar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mascar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mascar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mascar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
masque
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