disguise

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪzˈɡaɪz/
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• General-American: /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
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• General-American: /dɪˈskaɪz/
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• rhymes with -aɪz
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S G AY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَنَكُّر (tanakkur) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Bulgarian: дегизиране (degizirane) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Catalan: disfressa — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Chinese Cantonese: 偽裝 /伪装 (ngai6 zong1) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Chinese Mandarin: 偽裝 /伪装 (wěizhuāng) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Czech: převlek — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Czech: přestrojení — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Czech: maska — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Danish: forklædning — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Dutch: vermomming — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Dutch: mom — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Esperanto: alivesto — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Esperanto: maskovesto — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Finnish: valeasu — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Finnish: valepuku — attire to hide/assume an identity
• French: déguisement — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Galician: disfrace — attire to hide/assume an identity
• German: Verkleidung — attire to hide/assume an identity
• German: Tarnung — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Hebrew: תַּחְפֹּשֶׂת (taẖpóset) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Hindi: भेस (bhes) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Hungarian: álruha — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Icelandic: dulargervi — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Icelandic: dulbúningur — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Italian: camuffamento — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Italian: travestimento — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Italian: mascheramento — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Japanese: 変装 (hensō) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Korean: 변장 (byeonjang) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Marathi: वेषांतर (veṣāntar) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Norwegian Bokmål: forkledning — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forkledning — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forklednad — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Polish: kamuflaż — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Polish: przebranie — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Portuguese: disfarce — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Romanian: deghizare — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Romanian: mascare — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Romanian: acoperire — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Russian: маскиро́вка (maskiróvka) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Spanish: disfraz — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Swedish: förklädnad — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Turkish: tebdili kıyafet — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Yiddish: פֿאַרשטעלונג (farshtelung) — attire to hide/assume an identity
• Bulgarian: маскиране (maskirane) — that which masks what's beneath
• Chinese Mandarin: 保護色 /保护色 (bǎohùsè) — that which masks what's beneath
• Czech: převlek — that which masks what's beneath
• Czech: maska — that which masks what's beneath
• Danish: camouflage — that which masks what's beneath
• Danish: maskering — that which masks what's beneath
• Finnish: naamiointi — that which masks what's beneath
• German: Tarnung — that which masks what's beneath
• Hungarian: álca — that which masks what's beneath
• Icelandic: dulargervi — that which masks what's beneath
• Icelandic: dulbúningur — that which masks what's beneath
• Italian: camuffamento — that which masks what's beneath
• Polish: kamuflaż — that which masks what's beneath
• Russian: маскиро́вка (maskiróvka) — that which masks what's beneath
• Spanish: pantalla — that which masks what's beneath
• Spanish: tapadera — that which masks what's beneath
• Danish: forklædning — act of disguising
• Danish: camouflage — act of disguising
• Icelandic: dulbúningur — act of disguising
• Italian: travestimento — act of disguising
• Marathi: गुप्तवेष (guptaveṣ) — act of disguising
• Polish: kamuflaż — act of disguising
• Polish: kamuflowanie — act of disguising
• Turkish: kılık değiştirme — act of disguising
• Arabic: تَنَكَّرَ (tanakkara) — to change the appearance
• Bulgarian: маскирам (maskiram) — to change the appearance
• Catalan: disfressar — to change the appearance
• Czech: maskovat — to change the appearance
• Czech: zamaskovat — to change the appearance
• Czech: maskovat se — to change the appearance
• Czech: zamaskovat se — to change the appearance
• Czech: přestrojit — to change the appearance
• Czech: přestrojit se — to change the appearance
• Czech: převléci se — to change the appearance
• Danish: forklæde — to change the appearance
• Danish: maskere — to change the appearance
• Dutch: vermommen — to change the appearance
• Dutch: zich vermommen — to change the appearance
• Dutch: verhullen — to change the appearance
• Esperanto: alivesti — to change the appearance
• Finnish: naamioida — to change the appearance
• Finnish: naamioitua — to change the appearance
• French: déguiser — to change the appearance
• Galician: disfrazar — to change the appearance
• German: verkleiden — to change the appearance
• Hebrew: הסווה (hisvá) — to change the appearance
• Hungarian: álcáz — to change the appearance
• Interlingua: disguisar — to change the appearance
• Italian: camuffarsi — to change the appearance
• Italian: travestirsi — to change the appearance
• Italian: mascherarsi — to change the appearance
• Latin: dissimulō — to change the appearance
• Macedonian: преправа (preprava) — to change the appearance
• Macedonian: престорува (prestoruva) — to change the appearance
• Norwegian: forkle — to change the appearance
• Norwegian: maskere — to change the appearance
• Portuguese: disfarçar — to change the appearance
• Romanian: deghiza — to change the appearance
• Romanian: masca — to change the appearance
• Russian: маскирова́ться (maskirovátʹsja) — to change the appearance
• Russian: замаскирова́ться (zamaskirovátʹsja) — to change the appearance
• Spanish: disfrazar — to change the appearance
• Spanish: revestir — to change the appearance
• Spanish: disfrezar (disused) — to change the appearance
• Spanish: devisar (disused) — to change the appearance
• Spanish: poner bajo la figura de — to change the appearance
• Spanish: empachar — to change the appearance
• Turkish: kılık değiştirmek — to change the appearance
• Yiddish: פֿאַרשטעלן (farshteln) — to change the appearance
• Bulgarian: прикривам (prikrivam) — to prevent revealing something secret
• Czech: skrýt — to prevent revealing something secret
• Czech: skrývat — to prevent revealing something secret
• Czech: maskovat — to prevent revealing something secret
• Czech: zamaskovat — to prevent revealing something secret
• Danish: camouflere — to prevent revealing something secret
• Danish: tilsløre — to prevent revealing something secret
• Dutch: verbergen — to prevent revealing something secret
• Dutch: verhullen — to prevent revealing something secret
• Dutch: maskeren — to prevent revealing something secret
• Finnish: naamioida — to prevent revealing something secret
• Finnish: salata — to prevent revealing something secret
• Finnish: peittää — to prevent revealing something secret
• German: verstellen — to prevent revealing something secret
• Hungarian: leplez — to prevent revealing something secret
• Hungarian: elleplez — to prevent revealing something secret
• Hungarian: palástol — to prevent revealing something secret
• Ido: velizar — to prevent revealing something secret
• Italian: camuffare — to prevent revealing something secret
• Italian: nascondere — to prevent revealing something secret
• Italian: mascherare — to prevent revealing something secret
• Italian: inorpellare — to prevent revealing something secret
• Macedonian: прикрива (prikriva) — to prevent revealing something secret
• Macedonian: затскрива (zatskriva) — to prevent revealing something secret
• Portuguese: esconder — to prevent revealing something secret
• Russian: скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ) — to prevent revealing something secret
• Russian: скрыть (skrytʹ) — to prevent revealing something secret
• Spanish: embozar — to prevent revealing something secret