shroud

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹaʊ̯d/
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• /ˈʃɹæʊ̯d/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
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From Middle English shroud, from Old English sċrūd, from Proto-Germanic *skrūdą. Cognate with Old Norse skrúð (“the shrouds of a ship”) ( > Danish, Norwegian skrud (“splendid attire”)).

Variant of shred.

From Middle English schrouden (> Anglo-Latin scrudāre), from Middle English schroud (“shroud”) (see above).

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: vaate — a garment
• French: voile — a garment
• Macedonian: пре́вез (prévez) — a garment
• Spanish: velo — a garment
• Arabic: كفن (kafan) — dress for the dead
• Armenian: սավան (savan) — dress for the dead
• Armenian: պատան (patan) — dress for the dead
• Azerbaijani: kəfən — dress for the dead
• Basque: hiljantzi — dress for the dead
• Bulgarian: саван (savan) — dress for the dead
• Bulgarian: покров (pokrov) — dress for the dead
• Chinese Mandarin: 壽衣 /寿衣 (shòuyī) — dress for the dead
• Czech: rubáš — dress for the dead
• Danish: ligklæde — dress for the dead
• Dutch: lijkwade — dress for the dead
• Dutch: lijkgewaad — dress for the dead
• Dutch: doodskleed — dress for the dead
• Dutch: lijkdoek — dress for the dead
• Finnish: käärinliina — dress for the dead
• Finnish: kuolinvaate — dress for the dead
• French: linceul — dress for the dead
• French: suaire — dress for the dead
• German: Grabtuch — dress for the dead
• German: Leichentuch — dress for the dead
• Greek: σάβανο (sávano) — dress for the dead
• Ancient Greek: σάβανον (sábanon) — dress for the dead
• Ancient Greek: σπεῖρον (speîron) — dress for the dead
• Hebrew: תַּכְרִיךְ (tachrích) — dress for the dead
• Hungarian: halotti lepel — dress for the dead
• Ilocano: talakbong — dress for the dead
• Indonesian: kafan — dress for the dead
• Irish: taiséadach — dress for the dead
• Irish: taisléine — dress for the dead
• Italian: sudario — dress for the dead
• Italian: sindone — dress for the dead
• Kumyk: гебин (gebin) — dress for the dead
• Northern Kurdish: kefen — dress for the dead
• Ladino: mortaja — dress for the dead
• Latin: vitalia — dress for the dead
• Latin: brandeum — dress for the dead
• Macedonian: по́кров (pókrov) — dress for the dead
• Macedonian: са́ван (sávan) — dress for the dead
• Malay: kafan — dress for the dead
• Maltese: kefen — dress for the dead
• Māori: puraku — dress for the dead
• Māori: purutapu — dress for the dead
• Middle English: shroud — dress for the dead
• Norwegian Bokmål: svøp — dress for the dead
• Norwegian Bokmål: likskjorte — dress for the dead
• Norwegian Bokmål: liksvøp — dress for the dead
• Persian: کفن (kefen) — dress for the dead
• Polish: całun — dress for the dead
• Portuguese: mortalha — dress for the dead
• Portuguese: sudário — dress for the dead
• Russian: са́ван (sávan) — dress for the dead
• Russian: пелена́ (pelená) — dress for the dead
• Russian: покро́в (pokróv) — dress for the dead
• Scottish Gaelic: anart-bàis — dress for the dead
• Somali: kafan — dress for the dead
• Spanish: sudario — dress for the dead
• Spanish: mortaja — dress for the dead
• Swedish: svepning — dress for the dead
• Tagalog: lalab — dress for the dead
• Turkish: kefen — dress for the dead
• Ottoman Turkish: كفن (kefen) — dress for the dead
• Vietnamese: vải liệm — dress for the dead
• Bulgarian: ванта (vanta) — mast support
• Catalan: obenc — mast support
• Danish: vant — mast support
• Dutch: want — mast support
• Esperanto: stajo — mast support
• Finnish: vantti — mast support
• French: hauban — mast support
• German: Want — mast support
• Hebrew: רִכְסָה (rikhsah) — mast support
• Hebrew: וַנְטָה (vantah) — mast support
• Hebrew: יֶתֶר צַד (yeter tsad) — mast support
• Hungarian: vantni — mast support
• Irish: scriúta — mast support
• Italian: sartia — mast support
• Manx: aarey — mast support
• Māori: waewae — mast support
• Norwegian Bokmål: vant — mast support
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vant — mast support
• Polish: wanta — mast support
• Portuguese: ovém — mast support
• Russian: ва́нты (vánty) — mast support
• Scottish Gaelic: fàradh — mast support
• Spanish: obenquillo — mast support
• Spanish: obenque — mast support
• Spanish: brandal — mast support
• Swedish: vant — mast support
• Bulgarian: кожух (kožuh) — a streamlined protective covering
• Czech: (aerodynamický) kryt — a streamlined protective covering
• Finnish: vaippa — a streamlined protective covering
• French: coiffe — a streamlined protective covering
• Spanish: velar — to cover with a shroud
• Swahili: kafini — to cover with a shroud
• Vietnamese: liệm — to cover with a shroud
• Bulgarian: обвивам (obvivam) — to veil or conceal
• Bulgarian: покривам (pokrivam) — to veil or conceal
• Italian: velare — to veil or conceal
• Italian: celare — to veil or conceal
• Russian: окутать (okutatʹ) — to veil or conceal
• Ottoman Turkish: اورتمك (örtmek) — to veil or conceal