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disguise
English
Etymology
From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s??a?z/, /d?z??a?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?s??a?z/, /d??ska?z/
- Hyphenation: dis?guise
- Rhymes: -a?z
Noun
disguise (countable and uncountable, plural disguises)
- Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
- A cape and moustache completed his disguise.
- (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
- The act of disguising, notably as a ploy.
- Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
- (archaic) A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication.
Synonyms
- camouflage
- guise
- mask
- pretense
Translations
Verb
disguise (third-person singular simple present disguises, present participle disguising, simple past and past participle disguised)
- (transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
- Spies often disguise themselves.
- (transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
- He disguised his true intentions.
- (archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
- I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the slip.
Synonyms
- camouflage
- cloak
- mask
- hide
Derived terms
- disguisedly
- disguisement
- disguiser
Translations
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mime
English
Etymology
From Old English m?ma ("a mime") from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mîmos, “imitator, actor”). Reinforced in Middle English by French mime.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?m/
- Rhymes: -a?m
Noun
mime (countable and uncountable, plural mimes)
- A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- A pantomime actor.
- A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
- A performer of such a farce.
- A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
Related terms
- pantomime
Translations
Verb
mime (third-person singular simple present mimes, present participle miming, simple past and past participle mimed)
- To mimic.
- To act without words.
- To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
Translations
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
See also
- lip-synch
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mim/
- Rhymes: -im
Etymology 1
From Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek ????? (mîmos)
Noun
mime m (plural mimes)
- pantomime actor, mime
- pantomime
Derived terms
- mimer
Etymology 2
Verb
mime
- first-person singular present indicative of mimer
- third-person singular present indicative of mimer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of mimer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of mimer
- second-person singular imperative of mimer
Anagrams
- emmi
Further reading
- “mime” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Verb
mime
- inflection of mimen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Japanese
Romanization
mime
- R?maji transcription of ??
Latin
Noun
m?me
- vocative singular of m?mus
Portuguese
Verb
mime
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of mimir
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of mimir
Spanish
Verb
mime
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mimar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mimar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mimar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of mimar.
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