"fig leaf" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fig leaves [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *figge leef (attested in the plural figge leves), a partial calque of Old English fīclēaf (“fig leaf”). By surface analysis, fig + leaf. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*figge leef}} Middle English *figge leef, {{inh|en|ang|fīclēaf|t=fig leaf}} Old English fīclēaf (“fig leaf”), {{surf|en|fig|leaf}} By surface analysis, fig + leaf Head templates: {{en-noun|fig leaves}} fig leaf (plural fig leaves)
  1. A leaf of the fig plant. Translations (leaf of the fig plant): թուզի տերև (tʻuzi terew) (Armenian), pikuondo-hosto (Basque), mahatsondo-hosto (english: grape leaf) (Basque), fulla de figuera [feminine] (Catalan), figenblad [neuter] (Danish), vijgenblad [neuter] (Dutch), viikunanlehti (Finnish), feuille de figuier [feminine] (French), Feigenblatt [neuter] (German), συκή (sykí) [feminine] (Greek), עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה (alé-t'einá) (Hebrew), duilleog fige [feminine] (Irish), foglia di fico [feminine] (Italian), fikenblad [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), фи́говый листо́к (fígovyj listók) [masculine] (Russian), hoja de higo [feminine] (Spanish), fikonlöv [neuter] (Swedish), deilen ffigys [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fig_leaf-en-noun-bW8JliwX Disambiguation of 'leaf of the fig plant': 82 17 1
  2. A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness). Translations (leaf covering genitals in a work of art): figenblad [neuter] (Danish), viikunanlehti (Finnish), feuille de figuier [feminine] (French), feuille de vigne [feminine] (French), Feigenblatt [neuter] (German), συκή (sykí) [feminine] (Greek), עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה ('alé tēná) [masculine] (Hebrew), foglia di fico [feminine] (Italian), fikenblad [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), listek figowy [masculine] (Polish), фи́говый листо́к (fígovyj listók) [masculine] (Russian), hoja de higo [feminine] (Spanish), fikonlöv [neuter] (Swedish)
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  3. (figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered. Tags: figuratively Translations (anything intended to conceal something undesirable): 遮羞布 (zhēxiūbù) (Chinese Mandarin), figenblad [neuter] (Danish), viikunanlehti (Finnish), Feigenblatt [neuter] (German), συκή (sykí) [feminine] (Greek), עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה ('alé tēná) [masculine] (Hebrew), seift [feminine] (Irish), foglia di fico [feminine] (Italian), fikenblad [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), listek figowy [masculine] (Polish), фи́говый листо́к (fígovyj listók) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fig_leaf-en-noun-mHlfWjbF Disambiguation of 'anything intended to conceal something undesirable': 2 9 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fig-leaf [archaic], figleaf [noun] Derived forms: figleaf [verb], fig-leaved, fig-leafed

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "figleaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "fig-leaved"
    },
    {
      "word": "fig-leafed"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "*figge leef"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *figge leef",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "fīclēaf",
        "t": "fig leaf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fīclēaf (“fig leaf”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fig",
        "3": "leaf"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, fig + leaf",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *figge leef (attested in the plural figge leves), a partial calque of Old English fīclēaf (“fig leaf”). By surface analysis, fig + leaf.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fig leaves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fig leaves"
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      "expansion": "fig leaf (plural fig leaves)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A leaf of the fig plant."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "representation",
          "representation"
        ],
        [
          "genitals",
          "genitals"
        ],
        [
          "nude",
          "nude"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "work of art",
          "work of art"
        ],
        [
          "Genesis",
          "Genesis"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents:",
          "text": "True, David Brog, one of the organizers of last week’s conference, insisted that national conservatives are not anti-immigrant. But this is a fig leaf. [University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy] Wax explicitly made an argument for limiting the number of nonwhites entering the US.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 February 1, Marina Hyde, “Never mind wine fridges, the Tory party is drunk on Kool-Aid”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "In fact, speaking of paedos, the prime minister chose to use one as a figleaf.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "fig-leaf"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "figleaf"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻuzi terew",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "word": "թուզի տերև"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "word": "pikuondo-hosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "english": "grape leaf",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "word": "mahatsondo-hosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fulla de figuera"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "figenblad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vijgenblad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "word": "viikunanlehti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feuille de figuier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Feigenblatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sykí",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συκή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "alé-t'einá",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "word": "עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "duilleog fige"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foglia di fico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fikenblad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fígovyj listók",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́говый листо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hoja de higo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fikonlöv"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "leaf of the fig plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deilen ffigys"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "figenblad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "word": "viikunanlehti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feuille de figuier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feuille de vigne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Feigenblatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sykí",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συκή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'alé tēná",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foglia di fico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fikenblad"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "listek figowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fígovyj listók",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́говый листо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hoja de higo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leaf covering genitals in a work of art",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fikonlöv"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēxiūbù",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "word": "遮羞布"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "figenblad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "word": "viikunanlehti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Feigenblatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sykí",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συκή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'alé tēná",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seift"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foglia di fico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fikenblad"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "listek figowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fígovyj listók",
      "sense": "anything intended to conceal something undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́говый листо́к"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fig leaf"
}

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