different between covert vs covent
covert
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)
- (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
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:
- (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)
- A covering.
- A disguise.
- A hiding place.
- Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
- (ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.
Translations
Anagrams
- corvet, vector
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kav?t/
Verb
covert
- inflection of covern:
- third-person singular present
- second-person plural present
- second-person plural subjunctive I
- plural imperative
Old French
Alternative forms
- cuvert
- covri
Etymology
From Latin coopertus.
Verb
covert
- past participle of covrir
Descendants
- English: covert
- French: couvert
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covent
English
Etymology
From Middle English covent, from Old French covent (modern French couvent).
Noun
covent (plural covents)
- (obsolete) Convent.
Derived terms
- Covent Garden
Old French
Etymology
From Latin conventus.
Noun
covent m (oblique plural covenz or coventz, nominative singular covenz or coventz, nominative plural covent)
- convent (residence of nuns)
Descendants
- ? English: convent
- French: couvent
covent From the web:
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- convent mean
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