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• /ˈpɹiːtɛkst/
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• rhymes with -iːtɛkst
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IY1 T EH2 K S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetextus, past participle of praetexere (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”).

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ذَرِيعَة (ḏarīʕa) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Arabic: عُذْر (ʕuḏr) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Armenian: պատրվակ (patrvak) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Azerbaijani: bəhanə — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Belarusian: падста́ва (padstáva) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Belarusian: зачэ́пка (začépka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Belarusian: адмо́ўка (admówka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Belarusian: адгаво́рка (adhavórka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Belarusian: адгаво́р (adhavór) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Bulgarian: извине́ние (izvinénie) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Bulgarian: прете́кст (pretékst) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Catalan: pretext — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 借口 (jièkǒu) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Czech: záminka — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Czech: výmluva — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Danish: påskud — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Dutch: voorwendsel — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Dutch: drogreden — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Dutch: dekmantel — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Dutch: schijnreden — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Dutch: pretext — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Esperanto: preteksto — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Finnish: tekosyy — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Finnish: veruke — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• French: prétexte — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: Vorwand — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: Deckmantel — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: fadenscheinige Begründung — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: Ausrede — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: Scheingrund — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: Schein — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: Ausflucht — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: Prätext — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: angeblicher Grund — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• German: vorgespiegelter Grund — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌻𐍉 (inilō) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Greek: πρόφαση (prófasi) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Greek: πρόσχημα (próschima) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ancient Greek: πρόφασις (próphasis) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ancient Greek: σκῆψις (skêpsis) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ancient Greek: μύνη (múnē) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Hebrew: תירוץ (terúts) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Hungarian: ürügy — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Hungarian: kifogás — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Icelandic: yfirskin — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Italian: pretesto — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Italian: scusante — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Japanese: 口実 (kōjitsu) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Korean: 핑계 (pinggye) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Kyrgyz: шылтоо (şıltoo) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Latin: praetextum — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Macedonian: изговор (izgovor) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Manchu: ᡶᡳᡴᡨᡠ (fiktu) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Māori: takunga — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Māori: takutakunga — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Māori: takunetanga — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Eastern Mari: амал (amal) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Norwegian Bokmål: påskudd — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Norwegian Bokmål: påskott — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: påskott — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: påskot — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Persian: بهانه (bahâne) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Persian: دستاویز (dastâviz) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Persian: عذر ('ozr) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Polish: wymówka — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Polish: pretekst — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Portuguese: pretexto — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Russian: по́вод (póvod) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Russian: предло́г (predlóg) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Russian: отгово́рка (otgovórka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Sanskrit: अपदेश (apadeśa) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Scottish Gaelic: leisgeul — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏згово̄р — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏злика — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉzgovōr — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉzlika — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Sicilian: scaciuni — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Slovak: zámienka — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Slovak: výhovorka — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Slovene: pretveza — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Spanish: pretexto — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Spanish: callejuela — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Spanish: socapa — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Swedish: förevändning — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Swedish: svepskäl — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Tocharian B: ṣewi — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: قولپ (kulp) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ukrainian: при́від (prývid) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ukrainian: за́чіпка (záčipka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ukrainian: при́ключка (prýključka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ukrainian: при́чіпка (prýčipka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ukrainian: відмо́вка (vidmóvka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Ukrainian: ви́мовка (výmovka) — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Vietnamese: cớ — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Welsh: esgus — false, contrived or assumed purpose
• Bulgarian: забужда́вам (zabuždávam) — employ a pretext
• Bulgarian: заблудя́ (zabludjá) — employ a pretext
• Bulgarian: баламо́свам (balamósvam) — employ a pretext
• Bulgarian: баламо́сам (balamósam) — employ a pretext
• Catalan: pretextar — employ a pretext
• Esperanto: preteksti — employ a pretext
• French: prétexter — employ a pretext
• German: etwas vorgeben — employ a pretext
• German: einen Vorwand verwenden — employ a pretext
• German: etwas vorschützen — employ a pretext
• German: etwas vorspiegeln — employ a pretext
• German: so tun, als ob — employ a pretext
• Hebrew: אמתלה (amátlah) — employ a pretext
• Ido: pretextar — employ a pretext
• Latin: praetexō — employ a pretext
• Māori: whakataruna — employ a pretext
• Portuguese: pretextar — employ a pretext
• Spanish: pretextar — employ a pretext
• Vietnamese: mượn cớ — employ a pretext