Phrase guide

hide and seek

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˌhaɪd ən ˈsik/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

A game where the players have to hide and one has to seek them out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: playground games

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wegkruipertjie — game
  • Albanian: çelembyll — game
  • Amharic: ድብብቆሽ (dəbbəḳoš) — game
  • Arabic: غُمَّيْضَة (ḡummayḍa) — game
  • Arabic: أستغماية — game
  • Arabic: غمضية — game
  • Arabic: غميضة (ḡummēda) — game
  • Arabic: شرعت (šarʕat) — game
  • Iraqi Arabic: غمضية — game
  • Arabic: غمِّيضة (ḡummīḍa) — game
  • Arabic: غمَّيْضة (ḡummayḍa) — game
  • Najdi Arabic: خشيشوَة — game
  • Armenian: պախկվոցի (paxkvocʻi) — game
  • Armenian: պահմտոցի (pahmtocʻi) — game
  • Azerbaijani: gizlənpaç — game
  • Belarusian: хо́ванкі (xóvanki) — game
  • Bulgarian: кри́еница (kríenica) — game
  • Catalan: fet i amagar — game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迷藏 (mícáng) — game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 捉迷藏 (zhuōmícáng) — game
  • Czech: schovávaná — game
  • Czech: na schovku — game
  • Czech: schovka — game
  • Czech: schovávačka — game
  • Danish: gemmeleg — game
  • Dutch: verstoppertje — game
  • Esperanto: kaŝludo — game
  • Estonian: peitus — game
  • Estonian: peitusemäng — game
  • Finnish: kuurupiilo — game
  • Finnish: piilosilla olo — game
  • French: cache-cache — game
  • Galician: agachadas — game
  • Georgian: დახუჭობანა (daxuč̣obana) — game
  • German: Verstecken — game
  • German: Versteckspiel — game
  • Greek: κρυφτό (kryftó) — game
  • Hebrew: מַחְבּוֹאִים (maḥbo'ím) — game
  • Hindi: लुकाछिपी (lukāchipī) — game
  • Hindi: आइस-पाइस (āis-pāis) — game
  • Hindi: छुपन-छुपाई (chupan-chupāī) — game
  • Hindi: छुपम-छुपाई (chupam-chupāī) — game
  • Hindi: आँखमिचौली (ā̃khmicaulī) — game
  • Hindi: आँखमिचौनी (ā̃khmicaunī) — game
  • Hungarian: bújócska — game
  • Ido: celo-trovo — game
  • Indonesian: bersurukan — game
  • Indonesian: suruk — game
  • Indonesian: petak umpat — game
  • Irish: folach bíog — game
  • Italian: nascondino — game
  • Italian: rimpiattino — game
  • Japanese: 隠れん坊 — game
  • Japanese: 隠れ鬼 (kakureoni) — game
  • Japanese: 隠れ遊び (kakureasobi) — game
  • Japanese: 隠れ子 (kakurego) — game
  • Javanese: dhelikan — game
  • Javanese: kucing-kucingan — game
  • Javanese: jorèt — game
  • Javanese: jorètan — game
  • Javanese: jélung — game
  • Javanese: jélungan — game
  • Jeju: 곱을락 (gobeullak) — game
  • Kabuverdianu: sukundida — game
  • Kabuverdianu: skundida — game
  • Kabuverdianu: mangatxada — game
  • Kabuverdianu: djaóra — game
  • Kazakh: жасырынбақ (jasyrynbaq) — game
  • Korean: 숨바꼭질 (sumbakkokjil) — game
  • Kyrgyz: жашынмак (jaşınmak) — game
  • Latgalian: drypatys — game
  • Latvian: paslēpes — game
  • Lithuanian: slėpynės — game
  • Macedonian: кри́енка (kríenka) — game
  • Macedonian: крие́ница (kriénica) — game
  • Malay: main sembunyi-sembunyi — game
  • Malay: sorok-sorok — game
  • Malay: aci sorok — game
  • Maltese: noli — game
  • Māori: piripiri — game
  • Māori: whakapupuni — game
  • Māori: taupupuni — game
  • Māori: tauhunahuna — game
  • Nepali: लुकामारी (lukāmārī) — game
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjemsel — game
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjømsel — game
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gøymsle — game
  • Pannonian Rusyn: джмурки (džmurki) — game
  • Iranian Persian: قایِمباشَک (ġâyem-bâšak) — game
  • Picard: muche-caba — game
  • Polish: chowany — game
  • Polish: chowanka — game
  • Polish: chowaniec — game
  • Polish: zabawa w chowanego — game
  • Portuguese: esconde-esconde — game
  • Portuguese: pique-esconde — game
  • Portuguese: escondidas — game
  • Punjabi: ਲੁਕਣ-ਮੀਟੀ (lukṇa-mīṭī) — game
  • Punjabi: ਲੁਕਣ ਮੀਚੀ (lukaṇ mīcī) — game
  • Punjabi: ਲੁਕਣ ਛਿਪਣ (lukaṇ chipaṇ) — game
  • Punjabi: لُکَّݨ مِیٹی (lukkaṇ mīṭī) — game
  • Quechua: chinkay — game
  • Romanian: de-a v-ați ascunselea — game
  • Russian: пря́тки (prjátki) — game
  • Russian: жму́рки (žmúrki) — game
  • Satawalese: nikkoapoop — game
  • Scottish Gaelic: car mu chnoc — game
  • Scottish Gaelic: falach-fead — game
  • Serbo-Croatian: жмура — game
  • Serbo-Croatian: жмурка — game
  • Serbo-Croatian: скривача — game
  • Serbo-Croatian: žmura — game
  • Serbo-Croatian: žmurka — game
  • Serbo-Croatian: skrivača — game
  • Sicilian: ammuccia-ammuccia — game
  • Slovak: schovávačka — game
  • Slovene: skrivalnica — game
  • Spanish: escondidas — game
  • Spanish: escondite — game
  • Spanish: escondecucas — game
  • Spanish: escondidillas — game
  • Spanish: gárgaro — game
  • Spanish: orí — game
  • Spanish: ampay — game
  • Swedish: kurragömma — game
  • Tagalog: taguan — game
  • Tamil: கண்ணாம்பூச்சி (kaṇṇāmpūcci) — game
  • Tatar: качышлы (qaçışlı) — game
  • Thai: ซ่อนหา — game
  • Thai: ซ่อนแอบ — game
  • Turkish: saklambaç — game
  • Turkmen: gizlenpeçek — game
  • Udi: чӏапӏбакал (č̣aṗbakal) — game
  • Ukrainian: хо́ванки (xóvanky) — game
  • Ukrainian: схо́ванки (sxóvanky) — game
  • Ukrainian: жму́рки (žmúrky) — game
  • Urdu: چُھپَن چُھپائی (chupan chupāī) — game
  • Uzbek: bekinmachoq — game
  • Vietnamese: trốn tìm — game
  • Vietnamese: ú tim — game
  • Vietnamese: hú tim — game
  • Welsh: chwarae cuddio — game
  • Yoruba: bojúbojú — game