mask

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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɑːsk/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /mask/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /mɑːsk/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /mask/
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• General-American: /mæsk/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• homophone: Marske
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• homophone: masque
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• homophone: masc (some accents)
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• rhymes with -æsk
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• rhymes with -ɑːsk
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French masque (“a covering to hide or protect the face”), from Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”), from (a byform of, see it for more) Medieval Latin masca, mascha, a borrowing of Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from which English mesh and mask (“mesh”) (below at Etymology 2) are inherited. Doublet of mascara, masque, and mesh. Replaced Old English grīma (“mask”), whence grime, and displaced non-native Middle English viser (“visor, mask”) borrowed from Old French viser, visier.

From Middle English maske, from Old English max, masċ (“net”), from Proto-West Germanic *maskā (“mesh, netting, mask”). Doublet of mesh and mask above.

From Middle English *mask, masch, from Old English māx, māsc (“mash”). Doublet of mash.

From Middle English masken, short for *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder; be confused, wander”). More at masker.

271 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Achi: k’ooj — cover for the face
• Afrikaans: masker — cover for the face
• Ahtna: cʼenaenʼ — cover for the face
• Albanian: maskë — cover for the face
• Amharic: ጭምብል (č̣əmbəl) — cover for the face
• Arabic: قِناع (qināʕ) — cover for the face
• Arabic: كِمامة (kimāma) — cover for the face
• Arabic: قناع (qināʕ) — cover for the face
• Arabic: ماسك (māsk) — cover for the face
• Arabic: قِنَاع (qināʕ, gināʕ) — cover for the face
• Arabic: ماسك (māsk) — cover for the face
• Armenian: դիմակ (dimak) — cover for the face
• Assamese: মুখা (mukha) — cover for the face
• Azerbaijani: maska — cover for the face
• Bashkir: битлек (bitlek) — cover for the face
• Bashkir: маска (maska) — cover for the face
• Basque: mozorro — cover for the face
• Belarusian: ма́ска (máska) — cover for the face
• Bengali: মাস্ক (masko) — cover for the face
• Bengali: মুখোশ (mukhōś) — cover for the face
• Bulgarian: ма́ска (máska) — cover for the face
• Burmese: မျက်နှာဖုံး (myakhnahpum:) — cover for the face
• Catalan: màscara — cover for the face
• Catalan: careta — cover for the face
• Cherokee: ᎠᎬᏚᎶ (agvdulo) — cover for the face
• Chinese Mandarin: 面具 (miànjù) — cover for the face
• Chinese Mandarin: 面罩 (miànzhào) — cover for the face
• Czech: maska — cover for the face
• Czech: škraboška — cover for the face
• Old Czech: kraboška — cover for the face
• Danish: maske — cover for the face
• Dutch: masker — cover for the face
• Erzya: чамакс (čamaks) — cover for the face
• Esperanto: masko — cover for the face
• Estonian: mask — cover for the face
• Etruscan: phersu — cover for the face
• Faroese: gríma — cover for the face
• Faroese: gekkaskortur — cover for the face
• Faroese: maska — cover for the face
• Finnish: naamari — cover for the face
• Finnish: naamio — cover for the face
• Finnish: maski — cover for the face
• French: masque — cover for the face
• Fula: 𞤸𞤵𞥅𞤪𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤵 𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤧𞤮 — cover for the face
• Fula: huurirdu yeeso — cover for the face
• Galician: máscara — cover for the face
• Galician: mázcara — cover for the face
• Galician: liborio — cover for the face
• Galician: carauta — cover for the face
• Galician: caroza — cover for the face
• Galician: marafón — cover for the face
• Galician: carantoña — cover for the face
• Galician: careta — cover for the face
• Georgian: ნიღაბი (niɣabi) — cover for the face
• Georgian: მასკა (masḳa) — cover for the face
• Georgian: პირბადე (ṗirbade) — cover for the face
• German: Maske — cover for the face
• Greek: μορμολύκειο (mormolýkeio) — cover for the face
• Greek: προσωπείο (prosopeío) — cover for the face
• Greek: προσωπίδα (prosopída) — cover for the face
• Greek: μάσκα (máska) — cover for the face
• Ancient Greek: μορμολύκειον (mormolúkeion) — cover for the face
• Ancient Greek: προσωπεῖον (prosōpeîon) — cover for the face
• Ancient Greek: προσωπίς (prosōpís) — cover for the face
• Hebrew: מַסֵּכָה (masekhá) — cover for the face
• Hebrew: צָעִיף (tsa'íf) — cover for the face
• Hindi: मुखौटा (mukhauṭā) — cover for the face
• Hindi: मास्क (māsk) — cover for the face
• Hindi: नक़ाब (naqāb) — cover for the face
• Hungarian: maszk — cover for the face
• Hungarian: álarc — cover for the face
• Icelandic: gríma — cover for the face
• Indonesian: topeng — cover for the face
• Indonesian: masker — cover for the face
• Indonesian: kedok — cover for the face
• Irish: púic — cover for the face
• Irish: masc — cover for the face
• Italian: maschera — cover for the face
• Italian: mascherina — cover for the face
• Japanese: 仮面 (kamen) — cover for the face
• Japanese: 覆面 (hukumen) — cover for the face
• Japanese: お面 (omen) — cover for the face
• Japanese: マスク (masuku) — cover for the face
• Japanese: 面形 (mentegata) — cover for the face
• Kazakh: маска (maska) — cover for the face
• Khmer: ក្បាំងមុខ (kbang muk) — cover for the face
• Khmer: ម៉ាសក៍ (mah) — cover for the face
• Khmer: ប៉ាន (paan) — cover for the face
• Khmer: ឧណ្ហីស (ʼunhəh) — cover for the face
• Knaanic: קְרַבוֹשְקְא (kraboška) — cover for the face
• Korean: 가면 (gamyeon) — cover for the face
• Korean: 마스크 (maseukeu) — cover for the face
• Kurdish: kemam — cover for the face
• Kurdish: kemame (ku) — cover for the face
• Kurdish: rûpoş (ku) — cover for the face
• Kurdish: maske (ku) — cover for the face
• Kyrgyz: маска (maska) — cover for the face
• Lao: ຫນ້າກາກ (nā kāk) — cover for the face
• Latin: persōna — cover for the face
• Latin: masca — cover for the face
• Latvian: maska — cover for the face
• Lithuanian: kaukė — cover for the face
• Lower Tanana: ch'enan' — cover for the face
• Macedonian: маска (maska) — cover for the face
• Malay: topeng — cover for the face
• Malay: kedok — cover for the face
• Malay: penutup muka — cover for the face
• Malay: pelitup — cover for the face
• Maltese: maskra — cover for the face
• Māori: ārai kanohi — cover for the face
• Marathi: मुखवटा (mukhavṭā) — cover for the face
• Marathi: मास्क (māska) — cover for the face
• Mòcheno: lòrf — cover for the face
• Mongolian: баг (bag) — cover for the face
• Mongolian: маск (mask) — cover for the face
• Classical Nahuatl: xāyacatl — cover for the face
• Norman: vîsagiéthe — cover for the face
• Norwegian Bokmål: maske — cover for the face
• Norwegian Nynorsk: maske — cover for the face
• Occitan: masca — cover for the face
• Old English: grīma — cover for the face
• Old Norse: gríma — cover for the face
• Pashto: نقاب (neqãb) — cover for the face
• Persian: ماسک (mâsk) — cover for the face
• Persian: نقاب (neqâb) — cover for the face
• Plautdietsch: Frauz — cover for the face
• Polish: maska — cover for the face
• Polish: maseczka — cover for the face
• Portuguese: máscara — cover for the face
• Romagnol: mascaréna — cover for the face
• Romanian: mască — cover for the face
• Russian: ма́ска (máska) — cover for the face
• Russian: личи́на (ličína) — cover for the face
• Samoan: ufimata — cover for the face
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàile — cover for the face
• Scottish Gaelic: masg — cover for the face
• Scottish Gaelic: aghaidh-choimheach — cover for the face
• Scottish Gaelic: brat-gnùise — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: кри̑нка — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀ска — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: кра̀буља — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: ли̏чина — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀бразина — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: krȋnka — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: màska — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: kràbulja — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: lȉčina — cover for the face
• Serbo-Croatian: òbrazina — cover for the face
• Sicilian: mascra — cover for the face
• Sicilian: màscara — cover for the face
• Slovak: maska — cover for the face
• Slovene: krinka — cover for the face
• Slovene: maska — cover for the face
• Spanish: máscara — cover for the face
• Spanish: mascarilla — cover for the face
• Spanish: antifaz — cover for the face
• Spanish: cambuj — cover for the face
• Spanish: gambux (gambush) — cover for the face
• Spanish: gambox (gambosh) — cover for the face
• Swahili: barakoa — cover for the face
• Swahili: kinyago — cover for the face
• Swedish: mask — cover for the face
• Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠙꠣ (hufa) — cover for the face
• Tajik: ниқоб (niqob) — cover for the face
• Thai: หน้ากาก (nâa-gàak) — cover for the face
• Tibetan: འབག — cover for the face
• Turkish: maske — cover for the face
• Turkmen: maska — cover for the face
• Ukrainian: ма́ска (máska) — cover for the face
• Urdu: ماسک (māsk) — cover for the face
• Urdu: نقاب (niqāb) — cover for the face
• Uyghur: نىقاب (niqab) — cover for the face
• Uyghur: ماسكا (maska) — cover for the face
• Uzbek: maska — cover for the face
• Uzbek: niqob — cover for the face
• Vietnamese: mặt nạ — cover for the face
• Volapük: maskar — cover for the face
• Walloon: fås vizaedje — cover for the face
• Walloon: masse — cover for the face
• Welsh: mwgwd — cover for the face
• Yiddish: מאַסקע (maske) — cover for the face
• Armenian: քող (kʻoġ) — that which disguises
• Bulgarian: ма́ска (máska) — that which disguises
• Catalan: màscara — that which disguises
• Finnish: naamiointi — that which disguises
• Galician: máscara — that which disguises
• German: Maske — that which disguises
• Greek: μεταμφίεση (metamfíesi) — that which disguises
• Italian: maschera — that which disguises
• Japanese: 仮面 (kamen) — that which disguises
• Norwegian Bokmål: maske — that which disguises
• Norwegian Nynorsk: maske — that which disguises
• Portuguese: máscara — that which disguises
• Romanian: mască — that which disguises
• Russian: ма́ска (máska) — that which disguises
• Russian: личи́на (ličína) — that which disguises
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàile — that which disguises
• Scottish Gaelic: masg — that which disguises
• Swedish: mask — that which disguises
• Vietnamese: mặt nạ — that which disguises
• Walloon: mascaråde — that which disguises
• Walloon: diguijhî — that which disguises
• Welsh: mwgwd — that which disguises
• Bulgarian: маскара́д (maskarád) — festive entertainment
• Finnish: naamiaiset — festive entertainment
• Galician: mascarada — festive entertainment
• Greek: μεταμφίεση (metamfíesi) — festive entertainment
• Polish: maskarada — festive entertainment
• Portuguese: mascarada — festive entertainment
• Russian: ма́ска (máska) — festive entertainment
• Swedish: maskerad — festive entertainment
• Catalan: mascarada — dramatic performance
• Finnish: naamionäytelmä — dramatic performance
• Portuguese: mascarada — dramatic performance
• Spanish: mascarada — dramatic performance
• Finnish: maskaroni — architecture: grotesque head or face
• Spanish: máscara — architecture: grotesque head or face
• Finnish: kaponieeria suojaava redutti — fortification: redoubt which protects the caponiere
• Finnish: patterin suojus — fortification: screen for a battery
• Finnish: pyyntinaamari — zoology: lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly
• Hungarian: álarc — zoology: lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly
• Chinese Mandarin: 掩码 (yǎnmǎ) — pattern of bits used in bitwise operations
• Finnish: maski — pattern of bits used in bitwise operations
• Greek: μάσκα (máska) — pattern of bits used in bitwise operations
• Scottish Gaelic: masg — pattern of bits used in bitwise operations
• Chinese Mandarin: 蒙版 (méngbǎn) — two-color bitmap used to create transparency in an image
• Finnish: maski — two-color bitmap used to create transparency in an image
• Portuguese: máscara — two-color bitmap used to create transparency in an image
• Spanish: capa — two-color bitmap used to create transparency in an image
• Swedish: genomskinlighetsmask — two-color bitmap used to create transparency in an image
• Bulgarian: маскирам се (maskiram se) — to cover, as the face
• Catalan: emmascarar — to cover, as the face
• Dutch: maskeren — to cover, as the face
• Finnish: peittää — to cover, as the face
• Finnish: naamioida — to cover, as the face
• German: maskieren — to cover, as the face
• Icelandic: gríma — to cover, as the face
• Māori: hīpoki — to cover, as the face
• Romanian: masca — to cover, as the face
• Spanish: enmascarar — to cover, as the face
• Bulgarian: маскирам (maskiram) — to disguise as something else
• Catalan: emmascarar — to disguise as something else
• Finnish: naamioida — to disguise as something else
• German: maskieren — to disguise as something else
• Italian: mascherare — to disguise as something else
• Romanian: deghiza — to disguise as something else
• Romanian: masca — to disguise as something else
• Romanian: ascunde — to disguise as something else
• Spanish: cubrir — to disguise as something else
• Swedish: maskera — to disguise as something else
• Finnish: peittää — to conceal from view or knowledge
• Finnish: kätkeä — to conceal from view or knowledge
• Finnish: salata — to conceal from view or knowledge
• Finnish: kätkeä — military: to conceal
• Finnish: peittää — military: to conceal
• Finnish: naamioida — military: to conceal
• Finnish: pidätellä — military: to cover or keep in check
• Finnish: pitää naamiota — to take part as a masker in a masquerade
• Esperanto: maski — to wear a mask
• Finnish: käyttää maskia — to wear a mask
• Finnish: pitää naamiota — to wear a mask
• Finnish: pitää naamaria — to wear a mask
• German: sich maskieren — to wear a mask
• Romanian: a se masca — to wear a mask
• Finnish: naamioitua — to disguise oneself
• Spanish: disfrazarse — to disguise oneself
• Spanish: disfrezarse — to disguise oneself
• Finnish: maskata — to conceal or disguise one's autism
• Finnish: maskata — to cover or shield a part of a design or picture
• Finnish: peittää — to cover or shield a part of a design or picture
• Finnish: piilottaa — computing: to disable by setting or unsetting the associated bit