fig leaf

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From Middle English *figge leef (attested in the plural figge leves), a partial calque of Old English fīclēaf (“fig leaf”). By surface analysis, fig + leaf.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: թուզի տերեւ (tʻuzi terew) — leaf of the fig plant
• Basque: pikuondo-hosto — leaf of the fig plant
• Basque: mahatsondo-hosto — leaf of the fig plant
• Catalan: fulla de figuera — leaf of the fig plant
• Danish: figenblad — leaf of the fig plant
• Dutch: vijgenblad — leaf of the fig plant
• Finnish: viikunanlehti — leaf of the fig plant
• French: feuille de figuier — leaf of the fig plant
• German: Feigenblatt — leaf of the fig plant
• Greek: συκή (sykí) — leaf of the fig plant
• Hebrew: עֲלֵה תְּאֵנָה (alé te'ená) — leaf of the fig plant
• Irish: duilleog fige — leaf of the fig plant
• Italian: foglia di fico — leaf of the fig plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: fikenblad — leaf of the fig plant
• Russian: фи́говый листо́к (fígovyj listók) — leaf of the fig plant
• Spanish: hoja de higo — leaf of the fig plant
• Swedish: fikonlöv — leaf of the fig plant
• Welsh: deilen ffigys — leaf of the fig plant
• Danish: figenblad — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Finnish: viikunanlehti — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• French: feuille de figuier — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• French: feuille de vigne — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• German: Feigenblatt — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Greek: συκή (sykí) — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Hebrew: עֲלֵה תְּאֵנָה (alé te'ená) — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Italian: foglia di fico — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Norwegian Bokmål: fikenblad — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Polish: listek figowy — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Russian: фи́говый листо́к (fígovyj listók) — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Spanish: hoja de higo — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Swedish: fikonlöv — leaf covering genitals in a work of art
• Chinese Mandarin: 遮羞布 (zhēxiūbù) — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Danish: figenblad — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Finnish: viikunanlehti — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• German: Feigenblatt — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Greek: συκή (sykí) — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Hebrew: עֲלֵה תְּאֵנָה (alé te'ená) — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Irish: seift — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Italian: foglia di fico — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Norwegian Bokmål: fikenblad — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Polish: listek figowy — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Russian: фи́говый листо́к (fígovyj listók) — anything intended to conceal something undesirable
• Swedish: fikonlöv — anything intended to conceal something undesirable