verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/ʌnˈveɪl/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -eɪl
CMU ARPABET:AH0 N V EY1 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English *unveilen (suggested by past participle unveiled, vnueylyd (“unveiled”)). Equivalent to un- + veil. Ultimately from Latin velum (whence also English voile, English reveal, Russian вуа́ль (vuálʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ) (compare typologically)). Also compare typologically uncloak, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije)).
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
разбулвам
(razbulvam)
— to uncover
Bulgarian:
разкривам
(razkrivam)
— to uncover
Catalan:
desvelar
— to uncover
Chinese Mandarin:
除去面紗 /除去面纱
(chúqù miànshā)
— to uncover
Chinese Mandarin:
顯露 /显露
(xiǎnlù)
— to uncover
Chinese Mandarin:
透露
(tòulù)
— to uncover
Chinese Mandarin:
公布
(gōngbù)
— to uncover
Chinese Mandarin:
發布 /发布
(fābù)
— to uncover
Chinese Mandarin:
揭幕
(jiēmù)
— to uncover
Danish:
afdække
— to uncover
Dutch:
onthullen
— to uncover
Esperanto:
senvualigi
— to uncover
Finnish:
paljastaa
— to uncover
French:
dévoiler
— to uncover
French:
lever le voile
— to uncover
German:
enthüllen
— to uncover
German:
abdecken
— to uncover
German:
aufdecken
— to uncover
German:
zeigen (zum ersten Mal)
— to uncover
Hebrew:
חשף
(khasáf)
— to uncover
Ido:
desvelizar
— to uncover
Italian:
svelare
— to uncover
Latin:
dēvēlō
— to uncover
Latin:
aperiō
— to uncover
Manx:
rooisht
— to uncover
Norwegian:
avdekke
— to uncover
Norwegian Bokmål:
avduke
— to uncover
Portuguese:
revelar
— to uncover
Portuguese:
divulgar
— to uncover
Russian:
раскрыва́ть
(raskryvátʹ)
— to uncover
Russian:
раскры́ть
(raskrýtʹ)
— to uncover
Russian:
разоблача́ть
(razoblačátʹ)
— to uncover
Russian:
разоблачи́ть
(razoblačítʹ)
— to uncover
Spanish:
develar
— to uncover
Spanish:
desvelar
— to uncover
Spanish:
desvendar
— to uncover
Spanish:
desenvendar
— to uncover
Swedish:
avtäcka
— to uncover
Swedish:
avslöja
— to uncover
Welsh:
dadorchuddio
— to uncover
Bulgarian:
разкривам се
(razkrivam se)
— to reveal oneself
Catalan:
desvelar
— to reveal oneself
Chinese Mandarin:
除去面紗 /除去面纱
(chúqù miànshā)
— to reveal oneself
Chinese Mandarin:
顯露 /显露
(xiǎnlù)
— to reveal oneself
Chinese Mandarin:
透露
(tòulù)
— to reveal oneself
Danish:
afsløre
— to reveal oneself
Dutch:
blootstellen
— to reveal oneself
Finnish:
paljastaa
— to reveal oneself
French:
se dévoiler
— to reveal oneself
German:
sich offenbaren
— to reveal oneself
Italian:
svelarsi
— to reveal oneself
Latin:
aperiō
— to reveal oneself
Norwegian:
blottstille
— to reveal oneself
Russian:
раскрыва́ться
(raskryvátʹsja)
— to reveal oneself
Russian:
раскры́ться
(raskrýtʹsja)
— to reveal oneself
