"secrecy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsiːkɹəsi/ Audio: en-us-secrecy.ogg [US] Forms: secrecies [plural]
Etymology: Alteration (on model of primacy, etc) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|secretee}} Middle English secretee, {{der|en|fro|secré}} Old French secré Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} secrecy (countable and uncountable, plural secrecies)
  1. Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (concealment): geheimhouding (Afrikaans), سِرِّيَّة (sirriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), тайна (tajna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 秘密 (mìmì) (Chinese), utajení [neuter] (Czech), geheimhouding [feminine] (Dutch), secret [masculine] (French), Geheimhaltung [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹 (analaugnei) [feminine] (Gothic), μυστικότητα (mystikótita) [feminine] (Greek), εχεμύθεια (echemýtheia) [feminine] (Greek), गोपनीयता (gopnīytā) [feminine] (Hindi), kerahasiaan (Indonesian), rúndacht [feminine] (Irish), segretezza [feminine] (Italian), riserbo [masculine] (Italian), 秘密 (himitsu) (Japanese), 기밀 (gimil) (Korean), hemmelighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sigilo [masculine] (Portuguese), secretism [neuter] (Romanian), secretețe [feminine] (Romanian), засекреченность (zasekrečennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), रहस् (rahas) [neuter] (Sanskrit), secreto [masculine] (Spanish), sigilo [masculine] (Spanish), siri (Swahili), దాపరికం (dāparikaṁ) (Telugu), gizli tutma (Turkish), sır tutma (Turkish), mahremiyet [law] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-secrecy-en-noun-e7KTTIHC Disambiguation of 'concealment': 99 1
  2. The habit of keeping secrets. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (habit of keeping secrets): потайност (potajnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), secretisme [masculine] (Catalan), secrétisme [masculine] (French), secretismo [masculine] (Galician), Geheimniskrämerei [feminine] (German), Geheimnistuerei [feminine] (German), secretismo [masculine] (Portuguese), secretismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-secrecy-en-noun-Ft~lbVac Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'habit of keeping secrets': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dern [obsolete] Derived forms: professional secrecy, secrecy jurisdiction Related terms: secretiveness

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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "secretism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secretețe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasekrečennostʹ",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "засекреченность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rahas",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "रहस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secreto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sigilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "word": "siri"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dāparikaṁ",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "word": "దాపరికం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "word": "gizli tutma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "word": "sır tutma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "concealment",
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "mahremiyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "potajnost",
      "sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "потайност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secretisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secrétisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secretismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geheimniskrämerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geheimnistuerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secretismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secretismo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "secrecy"
  ],
  "word": "secrecy"
}

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