"subterfuge" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsʌbtəɹˌfjuːd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-subterfuge.ogg [US], en-au-subterfuge.ogg [Australia] Forms: subterfuges [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French subterfuge, from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugiō (“I flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugiō (“I flee”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-teros|*bʰewg- (flee)}}, {{bor|en|frm|subterfuge}} Middle French subterfuge, {{der|en|ML.|subterfugium}} Medieval Latin subterfugium, {{der|en|la|subterfugiō||I flee secretly}} Latin subterfugiō (“I flee secretly”), {{m|la|subter||under}} subter (“under”), {{m|la|fugiō||I flee}} fugiō (“I flee”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} subterfuge (countable and uncountable, plural subterfuges)
  1. (countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Diplomacy Translations (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind): увъртане (uvǎrtane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), хитруване (hitruvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), truc [masculine] (Dutch), harhautus (Finnish), ansa (Finnish), Täuschung [feminine] (German), Trick [masculine] (German), τέχνασμα (téchnasma) [neuter] (Greek), υπεκφυγή (ypekfygí) [feminine] (Greek), fortély (Hungarian), csel (Hungarian), trükk (Hungarian), calumnia [feminine] (Latin), мр́дање (mŕdanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), nuka (Maori), уло́вка (ulóvka) [feminine] (Russian), ухищре́ние (uxiščrénije) [neuter] (Russian), vrdanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), izvrdavanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), obmana [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), виверт (vyvert) (Ukrainian), викрут (vykrut) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-subterfuge-en-noun-bUDTgkHH Disambiguation of Diplomacy: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind': 98 2
  2. (uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity. Tags: uncountable Translations (deception): измама (izmama) [feminine] (Bulgarian), misleiding [feminine] (Dutch), artifiko (Esperanto), harha (Finnish), harhautuminen (Finnish), Täuschung [feminine] (German), megtévesztés (Hungarian), и́змама (ízmama) [feminine] (Macedonian), обма́н (obmán) [masculine] (Russian), izvrdavanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), obmana [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), обман (obman) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-subterfuge-en-noun-IDv11ZI4 Disambiguation of 'deception': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Military
Disambiguation of Military: 0 0

Noun [French]

IPA: /syp.tɛʁ.fyʒ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-subterfuge.wav Forms: subterfuges [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugio (“to flee”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|ML.|subterfugium|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Medieval Latin subterfugium, {{bor+|fr|ML.|subterfugium}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin subterfugium, {{der|fr|la|subterfugiō||to flee secretly}} Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”), {{m|la|subter||under}} subter (“under”), {{m|la|fugio||to flee}} fugio (“to flee”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} subterfuge m (plural subterfuges)
  1. subterfuge Tags: masculine Synonyms: stratagème
    Sense id: en-subterfuge-fr-noun-zHCzm5LV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} subterfuge
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of subterfugiō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: subterfugiō
    Sense id: en-subterfuge-la-verb-ThEVMWui Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42",
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