different between covers vs covert

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?v?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?v?z/
• Hyphenation: cov?ers

Noun

covers

1. plural of cover

Noun

covers

1. (plural only) The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.

   It's time to get under the covers!

2. (cricket) The area of the field near cover and extra cover.
3. (cricket) The tarpaulins or other devices used to cover the wicket during rain, in order to prevent it getting wet.

Verb

covers

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover

Anagrams

• corves

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

covers

1. plural of cover

French

Noun

covers m

1. plural of cover

Spanish

Noun

covers

1. plural of cover

Swedish

Noun

covers

1. indefinite genitive plural of cover
2. indefinite genitive singular of cover

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover.

Pronunciation

• Adjective:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?v?t/, /?k??v??t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?ko?v??t/, /ko??v??t/, /?k?v??t/
• Noun:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?v?t/, /?k??v??t/, /?k?v?/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k?v??t/, /?ko?v??t/, /?k?v??/

Adjective

covert (comparative more covert, superlative most covert)

1. (now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:

     Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne […]

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens

     to plant a covert alley

2. (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:covert
• feme covert

Antonyms

• overt

Derived terms

• covert stuttering

Related terms

• cover

Translations

Noun

covert (plural coverts)

1. A covering.
2. A disguise.
3. A hiding place.
4. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
5. (ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.

Translations

Anagrams

• corvet, vector

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kav?t/

Verb

covert

1. inflection of covern:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. second-person plural subjunctive I
   4. plural imperative

Old French

Alternative forms

• cuvert
• covri

Etymology

From Latin coopertus.

Verb

covert

1. past participle of covrir

Descendants

• English: covert
• French: couvert