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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈɑbfəskeɪt/ of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈɑbfjuskeɪt/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈɒbfəskeɪt/ of the US
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔbfəskæɪt/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɒbfəskæɪt/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɔ̟bfəskæɪt]
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 B F AH0 S K EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: يُعَتّم (yuʕattim) — make dark
• Bulgarian: замъглявам (zamǎgljavam) — make dark
• Chinese Mandarin: 弄暗 (nòng'àn) — make dark
• Dutch: verduisteren — make dark
• Finnish: varjostaa — make dark
• Finnish: pimentää — make dark
• French: obscurcir — make dark
• German: verfinstern — make dark
• German: verdunkeln — make dark
• German: dunkel machen — make dark
• Hebrew: החשיך (hekhshíkh) — make dark
• Hungarian: elhomályosít — make dark
• Hungarian: elsötétít — make dark
• Italian: ottenebrare — make dark
• Italian: offuscare — make dark
• Māori: whakauriuri — make dark
• Māori: whakapōuri — make dark
• Norwegian: formørke — make dark
• Norwegian: overskygge — make dark
• Polish: zaciemniać — make dark
• Polish: zaciemnić — make dark
• Portuguese: ofuscar — make dark
• Romanian: întuneca — make dark
• Romanian: umbri — make dark
• Russian: затемня́ть (zatemnjátʹ) — make dark
• Russian: затемни́ть (zatemnítʹ) — make dark
• Serbo-Croatian: zatamniti — make dark
• Spanish: ofuscar — make dark
• Turkish: karartmak — make dark
• Ukrainian: затемнювати (zatemnjuvaty) — make dark
• Ukrainian: затьмарювати (zatʹmarjuvaty) — make dark
• Bulgarian: обърквам (obǎrkvam) — make confusing
• Bulgarian: смущавам (smuštavam) — make confusing
• Chinese Mandarin: 混淆 (hùnxiáo) — make confusing
• Chinese Mandarin: 弄亂 /弄乱 (nòngluàn) — make confusing
• Chinese Mandarin: 搞亂 /搞乱 (gǎoluàn) — make confusing
• Finnish: peittää — make confusing
• French: embrouiller — make confusing
• German: verdunkeln — make confusing
• German: verschleiern — make confusing
• Hebrew: בלבל (bilbél) — make confusing
• Hebrew: סיבך (sibékh) — make confusing
• Hebrew: הקשה (hikshá) — make confusing
• Hungarian: összezavar — make confusing
• Italian: offuscare — make confusing
• Italian: ottenebrare — make confusing
• Māori: whakakōpekapeka — make confusing
• Māori: whakapōhēhē — make confusing
• Norwegian: forkludre — make confusing
• Norwegian: forvirre — make confusing
• Norwegian: tåkelegge — make confusing
• Polish: zaciemniać — make confusing
• Polish: zaciemnić — make confusing
• Portuguese: ofuscar — make confusing
• Romanian: confunda — make confusing
• Romanian: încurca — make confusing
• Romanian: zăpăci — make confusing
• Russian: запу́тывать (zapútyvatʹ) — make confusing
• Russian: запу́тать (zapútatʹ) — make confusing
• Russian: сбива́ть с то́лку (sbivátʹ s tólku) — make confusing
• Russian: сбить с то́лку (sbitʹ s tólku) — make confusing
• Russian: темни́ть (temnítʹ) — make confusing
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀крити — make confusing
• Serbo-Croatian: замрљати — make confusing
• Serbo-Croatian: sàkriti — make confusing
• Serbo-Croatian: zamrljati — make confusing
• Spanish: ofuscar — make confusing
• Turkish: gizlemek — make confusing
• Turkish: örtmek — make confusing
• Turkish: perde çekmek — make confusing
• Ukrainian: заплутувати (zaplutuvaty) — make confusing
• Ukrainian: збивати з пантелику (zbyvaty z pantelyku) — make confusing
• Chinese Mandarin: 混淆 (hùnxiáo/hùnyáo/hǔnxiáo) — alter code
• French: obscurcir — alter code
• French: occulter — alter code
• German: obfuskieren — alter code
• Japanese: 難読化する (nandokuka suru) — alter code
• Norwegian: obfuskere — alter code
• Polish: zaciemniać — alter code
• Portuguese: ofuscar — alter code
• Spanish: ofuscar — alter code