different between masker vs maskery

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder”) (compare Middle English bimalscren (“to bewitch”)), from Old English *malscrian (attested in derivative malscrung (“enchantment, charm”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“haughty”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Middle Dutch malsch (“headstrong, zealous”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (malsks, “foolish”). More at mask.

Verb

masker (third-person singular simple present maskers, present participle maskering, simple past and past participle maskered)

1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To render giddy or senseless

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2. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To be bewildered.
3. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To choke; stifle.
4. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To decay; rust.

Synonyms

• (render giddy): confuse, bewilder, stupefy

Etymology 2

From mask +? -er.

Noun

masker (plural maskers)

1. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.
2. That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:masker.

Translations

Anagrams

• Makers, kermas, makers, markes

Danish

Noun

masker c

1. indefinite plural of maske

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s.k?r/
• Hyphenation: mas?ker

Noun

masker n (plural maskers, diminutive maskertje n)

1. mask

Verb

masker

1. first-person singular present indicative of maskeren
2. imperative of maskeren

Anagrams

• kamers, makers

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: masker

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch masker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mask?r/
• Hyphenation: mas?kêr

Noun

maskêr (first-person possessive maskerku, second-person possessive maskermu, third-person possessive maskernya)

1. mask, a cover, or partial cover, for the face
   1. used for disguise

      Synonym: topeng

   2. (medicine) used for protection.
2. (colloquial) Short for masker wajah (“facial mask”).

Synonyms

• topeng
• kedok

Further reading

• “masker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

masker m or f

1. indefinite plural of maske

Verb

masker

1. imperative of maskere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• maskar m or f

Noun

masker f

1. indefinite plural of maske (Etymology 1)

masker m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of maske (Etymology 2)

Swedish

Noun

masker

1. indefinite plural of mask

Anagrams

• smaker

English

Etymology

mask +? -ery

Noun

maskery (plural maskeries)

1. (obsolete) The dress or disguise of a maske; masquerade.
   • 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent

     And Celso, prethee let it be thy care to-night
     To have have some prety shew, to solemnize
     Our high instalement; - - some musike, maskery.
     Weele give faire entertaine unto Maria

Anagrams

• Markeys