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"word": "面具舞會"
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"word": "მასკარადი"
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"word": "ballo in maschera"
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"alt": "かめんぶとうかい",
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"word": "仮面舞踏会"
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"word": "بالماسکه"
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"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
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"word": "baile de máscaras"
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"word": "kıyafet balosu"
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"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
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"word": "sceneggiata"
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"tags": [
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"word": "pagliacciata"
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"conversation"
],
[
"diversions",
"diversions"
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],
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
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}
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"also",
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"act",
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"dressing up",
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"attributive"
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"ref": "1842 July, [Thomas de Quincey], “Cicero”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume LII, number CCCXXI, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood & Sons, […], →OCLC, page 2, column 1",
"text": "Verres in the youth of Cicero, Catiline and Clodius in his middle age, Mark Antony in his old age, have all been left to operate on the modern reader's feelings precisely through that masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome.",
"type": "quotation"
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"pretense"
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"concealment"
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[
"unreal",
"unreal"
],
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"show",
"show#Noun"
],
[
"disguise",
"disguise#Noun"
],
[
"pretence",
"pretence"
],
[
"pretentious",
"pretentious"
],
[
"display",
"display#Noun"
]
],
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],
"tags": [
"also",
"attributive",
"figuratively"
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{
"glosses": [
"An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things."
],
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],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
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"(figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"attributive",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English fandom slang"
],
"glosses": [
"A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits."
],
"links": [
[
"fandom",
"fandom"
],
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"slang",
"slang"
],
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"cosplay",
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"event",
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[
"attendee",
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[
"perform",
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],
[
"skit",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"attributive",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque."
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"performance",
"performance"
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"actor",
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"masque",
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],
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"(obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque."
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"A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes."
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmæskəˌɹeɪd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌmɑːs-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmɑːs-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"tags": [
"General-American"
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},
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"rhymes": "-eɪd"
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"tags": [
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dimakahandes",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "դիմակահանդես"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "maskarád",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "маскара́д"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bal-maskarád",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бал-маскара́д"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "maskarád",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "маскара́д"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mascarada"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "面具舞會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "miànjù wǔhuì",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "面具舞会"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "化妝舞會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huàzhuāng wǔhuì",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "化妆舞会"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maškaráda"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "maskitaro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "maskeraad"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "maskiball"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "naamiaiset"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bal masqué"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mascarade"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "masḳaradi",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "მასკარადი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Maskenspiel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Maskerade"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nèshef masekhót",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"formal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "נֶשֶׁף מַסֵּכוֹת"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mesibàt takhposót",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"common",
"feminine"
],
"word": "מְסִבַּת תַּחְפֹּשׂוֹת"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "maszkabál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "álarcosbál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mascherata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ballo in maschera"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "festa in costume"
},
{
"alt": "かめんぶとうかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kamen budōkai",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "仮面舞踏会"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "masukareido",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "マスカレイド"
},
{
"alt": "假面舞蹈會",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gamyeonmudohoe",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "가면무도회"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maeseukeoreideu",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "매스커레이드"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maskarāde"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maskaradas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "maskenbal",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "маскенбал"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "maskaráda",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "маскара́да"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bagt naadam",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "багт наадам"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâlmâske",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "بالماسکه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maskarada"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bal przebierańców"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baile de máscaras"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mascaradă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "maskarád",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "маскара́д"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bal-maskarád",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бал-маскара́д"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "маскара́да"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ма̀скенба̄л"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maškaráda"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maškarada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mascarada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "maskerad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "kıyafet balosu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"word": "maskeli balo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "maskarád",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "маскара́д"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bal-maskarád",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бал-маскара́д"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mascaråde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Maskerade"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chadmaveś",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"word": "छद्मवेश"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "chadma",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"word": "छद्म"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "farsa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sceneggiata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pagliacciata"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maskarada"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "маскара́д"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "маскара́да"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show — see also disguise, pretence",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mascarada"
},
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"expansion": "Italian mascherata (“masquerade”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "maschera",
"t": "mask"
},
"expansion": "maschera (“mask”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "-ata"
},
"expansion": "-ata",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "",
"3": "Maschera"
},
"expansion": "Maschera",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "masca",
"t": "mask"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin masca (“mask”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "LL.",
"2": "masquarata"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin masquarata",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "mascarada"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese mascarada",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "mascarada"
},
"expansion": "Spanish mascarada",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
"name": "glossary"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The noun is borrowed from Middle French mascarade, masquarade, masquerade (modern French mascarade (“masquerade, masque; farce”)), and its etymon Italian mascherata (“masquerade”), from maschera (“mask”) + -ata. Maschera is derived from Medieval Latin masca (“mask”): see further there. The English word is cognate with Late Latin masquarata, Portuguese mascarada, Spanish mascarada.\nThe verb is derived from the noun.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "masquerades",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "masquerading",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "masqueraded",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "masqueraded",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "masquerade (third-person singular simple present masquerades, present participle masquerading, simple past and past participle masqueraded)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"mas‧que‧rade"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I’m going to masquerade as an old-fashioned pilot. What are you going to dress up as?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise."
],
"links": [
[
"masquerade",
"masquerade#Noun"
],
[
"assemble",
"assemble"
],
[
"masks",
"mask#Noun"
],
[
"costumes",
"costume#Noun"
],
[
"wear",
"wear#Verb"
],
[
"disguise",
"disguise#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2018-07-31",
"text": "Ethan Hunt, the human missile of American intelligence that Tom Cruise has been popping back in to play for more than 20 years now, is masquerading as a mysterious terrorist, the perfectly named John Lark, to buy back some plutonium he’s lost to a cabal of doomsday extremists.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not."
],
"links": [
[
"pass off",
"pass off"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"qualities",
"quality#Noun"
],
[
"possess",
"possess"
],
[
"pretentious",
"pretentious"
],
[
"show",
"show#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with rare senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise."
],
"links": [
[
"conceal",
"conceal"
],
[
"disguise",
"disguise#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌmæskəˈɹeɪd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmæskəˌɹeɪd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌmɑːs-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɑːs-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌmæskəˈɹeɪd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmæskəˌɹeɪd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪd"
},
{
"audio": "En-uk-masquerade.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/En-uk-masquerade.oga/En-uk-masquerade.oga.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/En-uk-masquerade.oga",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
],
"text": "Audio (RP)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-masquerade.mp3",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/En-us-masquerade.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/En-us-masquerade.mp3/En-us-masquerade.mp3.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tanakkara",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "تَنَكَّرَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "maskiram se",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "маскирам се"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "menyamar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "travestirsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "mascherarsi"
},
{
"alt": "なりすます",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "narisumasu",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "成りすます"
},
{
"alt": "よそおう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yosōu",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "装う"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "maskíra",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "маски́ра"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"word": "mascarar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "maskirovátʹsja",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "маскирова́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zamaskirovátʹsja",
"sense": "to conceal with masks",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "замаскирова́ться"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to frolic or disport in disguise",
"word": "déguiser"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to frolic or disport in disguise",
"word": "spacciarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to frolic or disport in disguise",
"word": "travestirsi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pereodevátʹsja",
"sense": "to frolic or disport in disguise",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "переодева́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pereodétʹsja",
"sense": "to frolic or disport in disguise",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "переоде́ться"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Carnival of Venice"
],
"word": "masquerade"
}
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