"clandestine" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /klænˈdɛst(a)ɪn/, /ˈklændɪst(a)ɪn/, /ˈklændəst(a)ɪn/ Audio: en-us-clandestine.ogg , en-au-clandestine.ogg Forms: more clandestine [comparative], most clandestine [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛstɪn Etymology: From Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”); compare French clandestin. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱel- (cover)}}, {{bor|en|la|clandestīnus|t=secret, concealed}} Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”), {{cog|fr|clandestin}} French clandestin Head templates: {{en-adj}} clandestine (comparative more clandestine, superlative most clandestine)
  1. Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. Synonyms: covert, furtive, hush-hush, secret, secretive, undercover, covert Translations (done or kept in secret): λαθραῖος (lathraîos) (Ancient Greek), سري (sirri) [masculine] (Arabic), gizli (Azerbaijani), məxfi (Azerbaijani), та́ен (táen) (Bulgarian), нелега́лен (nelegálen) (Bulgarian), clandestí (Catalan), 暗中的 (ànzhōng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 秘密的 (mìmì de) (Chinese Mandarin), 地下的 (dìxià de) (Chinese Mandarin), utajovaný [masculine] (Czech), utajený [masculine] (Czech), tajný [masculine] (Czech), heimelijk (Dutch), geheim (Dutch), clandestien (Dutch), salainen (Finnish), clandestin (French), klammheimlich (German), heimlich (German), geheim (German), klandestin [obsolete] (German), μυστικός (mystikós) [masculine] (Greek), κρυφός (kryfós) [masculine] (Greek), λαθραίος (lathraíos) [masculine] (Greek), titkos (Hungarian), rejtett (Hungarian), tilalmas (english: illicit) (Hungarian), illegális (Hungarian), klandestin (Indonesian), diam-diam (Indonesian), clandestino [masculine] (Italian), 秘密の (himitsu no) (alt: ひみつの) (Japanese), 不法の (fuhō no) (alt: ふほうの) (Japanese), 은밀(隱密)하다 (eunmilhada) (Korean), clandestīnus (Latin), furtīvus (Latin), nepenî (Northern Kurdish), nehênî (Northern Kurdish), dizîkî (Northern Kurdish), heemlich (Plautdietsch), konspiracyjny (Polish), ukryty (Polish), tajny (Polish), pokątny (Polish), clandestino (Portuguese), clandestin (Romanian), подпо́льный (podpólʹnyj) (Russian), та́йный (tájnyj) (Russian), секре́тный (sekrétnyj) (Russian), нелега́льный (nelegálʹnyj) (Russian), रहस्य (rahasya) (Sanskrit), скрѝвен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), skrìven [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), tajan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), clandestino (Spanish), dirgel (Welsh)
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  2. (Freemasonry, of a person or lodge) Not recognized as a regular member. Categories (topical): Freemasonry
    Sense id: en-clandestine-en-adj-pgUxA6bH Topics: Freemasonry, freemasonry, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clandestinely, clandestineness, clandestinity, nonclandestine
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          "text": "Monimia, who while she yielded to his earnest entreaties had always felt, from the natural rectitude of her understanding, the impropriety of their clandestine correspondence, would, he feared, be more than ever sensible of her indiscretion, when she found that a servant was entrusted with it...",
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          "text": "Wildeve's clandestine plan with her was to take a little gravel in his hand and hold it to the crevice at the top of the window shutter, which was on the outside, so that it should fall with a gentle rustle, resembling that of a mouse, between shutter and glass.",
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          "text": "Lady Bullingdon could not, of course, countenance such an arrangement for a moment, and the two unhappy persons escaped for a clandestine marriage.",
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          "ref": "1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator:",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, “Fugue”, in Trivium (music), Ember To Inferno:",
          "text": "As I stand at the edge of existence; nameless shores of infinity. Perpetual unbirth unraveling distance, clandestine truths unveiled.",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Penny Arcade:",
          "text": "In my imagination, all work place encounters between men and women result in clandestine sex.",
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          "text": "2005 — Stewart Lee, 90's Comedian DVD\nAnd I don't want anyone to think I dislike Catholicism because I don't. It's actually my favourite form of clandestine global evil."
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          "word": "暗中的"
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          "word": "tajný"
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          "ref": "1793, Charlotte Smith, chapter 1, in The Old Manor House, volume 3:",
          "text": "Monimia, who while she yielded to his earnest entreaties had always felt, from the natural rectitude of her understanding, the impropriety of their clandestine correspondence, would, he feared, be more than ever sensible of her indiscretion, when she found that a servant was entrusted with it...",
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          "text": "Lady Bullingdon could not, of course, countenance such an arrangement for a moment, and the two unhappy persons escaped for a clandestine marriage.",
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          "ref": "2003, “Fugue”, in Trivium (music), Ember To Inferno:",
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          "text": "In my imagination, all work place encounters between men and women result in clandestine sex.",
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          "text": "2005 — Stewart Lee, 90's Comedian DVD\nAnd I don't want anyone to think I dislike Catholicism because I don't. It's actually my favourite form of clandestine global evil."
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      "word": "salainen"
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      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
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      "word": "μυστικός"
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      "word": "κρυφός"
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      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
      "word": "tilalmas"
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      "word": "illegális"
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      "word": "klandestin"
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      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
      "word": "diam-diam"
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      "word": "不法の"
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      "roman": "eunmilhada",
      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
      "word": "은밀(隱密)하다"
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      "word": "ukryty"
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      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
      "word": "tajny"
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      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
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      "roman": "podpólʹnyj",
      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
      "word": "подпо́льный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
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      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
      "word": "секре́тный"
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      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
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      "code": "sa",
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "done or kept in secret",
      "word": "dirgel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clandestine"
}

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