masque

See also: masqué

English

Alternative forms

• mask

Etymology

Borrowing from French masque.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mæsk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːsk/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk
• Homophones: mask, masc (some accents)

Noun

masque (plural masques)

1. (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.
2. (archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
3. (archaic) A masquerade.
4. Archaic form of mask.
5. A facial mask.

   mud masque; clay masque

Verb

masque (third-person singular simple present masques, present participle masquing, simple past and past participle masqued)

1. 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.

See also

• masque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• squame

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian maschera. More at English mask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mask/

• Audio

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Noun

masque m (plural masques)

1. mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)

Further reading

• “masque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian maschera.

Noun

masque m (plural masques)

1. mask (covering for the face)

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Portuguese

Verb

masque

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mascar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of mascar
3. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of mascar
4. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mascar
5. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of mascar
6. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mascar

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Spanish

Verb

masque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mascar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mascar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mascar.