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Noun [English]

Forms: cover stories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cover story (plural cover stories)
  1. (media) A story included in a publication that is highlighted on the front cover. Related terms: backstory, cock-and-bull story, cover girl, cover boy, undercover, front page Translations (story on a publication's front page): 封面故事 (fēngmiàn gùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), omslagartikel [neuter] (Dutch), etusivun juttu (Finnish), gros titre [masculine] (French), Titelgeschichte [feminine] (German), Coverstory [feminine] (German), artykuł z okładki [masculine] (Polish), manchete [feminine] (Portuguese), те́ма но́мера (téma nómera) [feminine] (Russian), гла́вная статья́ (glávnaja statʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), загла́вная исто́рия (zaglávnaja istórija) [feminine] (Russian), primera plana [feminine] (Spanish), cover story [masculine] (Spanish), cover-story [masculine] (Spanish), historieta de portada/carátula [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cover_story-en-noun-lXpCDnvB Categories (other): Media, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 2 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 6 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 74 5 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 60 10 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 9 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 8 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 9 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 62 8 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 68 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 8 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 57 10 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 8 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 66 7 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 6 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 8 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 65 8 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 66 8 26 Topics: media Disambiguation of "story on a publication's front page": 99 1 0
  2. (espionage) A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive.
    Sense id: en-cover_story-en-noun-4hB7iCsh Categories (other): Espionage Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war
  3. (by extension) Any fictitious account used to hide, distract from, or falsely explain the truth which one intends to conceal. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-cover_story-en-noun-TuyFxvn4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (fictitious account): 託詞 /托词 (tuōcí) (Chinese Mandarin), peitetarina (Finnish), peiterooli (Finnish), peitehenkilöllisyys (Finnish), couverture [feminine] (French), Legende [feminine] (German), Tarnung [feminine] (German), fedőszerv (Hungarian), fedővállalkozás (Hungarian), fedőszemély (Hungarian), fedőtörténet (Hungarian), fedősztori (Hungarian), mascheramento [masculine] (Italian), sotto copertura (Italian), legenda [feminine] (Polish), história para encobrir (Portuguese), прикры́тие (prikrýtije) [neuter] (Russian), леге́нда (legénda) [feminine] (Russian), tapadera [feminine] (Spanish), cubierta [feminine] (Spanish), identidad falsa [feminine] (Spanish), täckmantel [common-gender] (Swedish), gizli kimlik (Turkish), леге́нда (lehénda) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'fictitious account': 0 52 48

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: cover stories [plural], cover storys [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English cover story. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:ubor|en:cover story|text=++|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cover story", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "cover story", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="cover story"> Unadapted borrowing from English cover story. Head templates: {{es-noun|m|cover stories,#s}} cover story m (plural cover stories or cover storys)
  1. (journalism) cover story Wikipedia link: Royal Spanish Academy Tags: masculine Related terms: cover-story [alternative]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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