"surreptitious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/ [UK], /səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/ [US], /ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs/ [US], /ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-surreptitious.ogg Forms: more surreptitious [comparative], most surreptitious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin surrēptīcius (“furtive, clandestine”), from surrēpō (“to creep along”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|surrēptīcius||furtive, clandestine}} Latin surrēptīcius (“furtive, clandestine”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} surreptitious (comparative more surreptitious, superlative most surreptitious)
  1. Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements). Synonyms: covert Derived forms: surreptitious advertisement, surreptitious advertising, surreptitiously, surreptitiousness Related terms: subreption, surreptition Translations (stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert): прикрит (prikrit) (Bulgarian), таен (taen) (Bulgarian), подмолен (podmolen) (Bulgarian), subreptici (Catalan), clandestí (Catalan), furtiu (Catalan), 偷偷的 (Chinese Mandarin), 不为人知的 (Chinese Mandarin), tajný (Czech), skrytý (Czech), utajovaný (Czech), tutlaný (Czech), ututlaný (Czech), heimelijk (Dutch), steels (Dutch), verdoken (Dutch), verdekt (Dutch), salainen (Finnish), salamyhkäinen (Finnish), furtif (French), subreptice (French), heimlich (German), verdeckt (German), verstohlen (German), betrügerisch (German), erschlichen (German), alattomos (Hungarian), laumulegur (Icelandic), í laumi (Icelandic), leynilegur (Icelandic), surrettizio (Italian), subdolo (Italian), furbesco (Italian), furtivo (Italian), скри́шен (skríšen) (Macedonian), та́ен (táen) (Macedonian), whakahewa (Maori), dizîkî (Northern Kurdish), nehînî (Northern Kurdish), razberî (Northern Kurdish), skjult (Norwegian Bokmål), dulgt (Norwegian Bokmål), fordekt (Norwegian Bokmål), hemmelig (Norwegian Bokmål), subreptici (Occitan), furtiu (Occitan), heemlich (Plautdietsch), sub-reptício (Portuguese), furtivo (Portuguese), та́йный (tájnyj) (Russian), скры́тый (skrýtyj) (Russian), potajno (Serbo-Croatian), subrepticio (Spanish), dold (Swedish), таємний (tajemnyj) (Ukrainian), потайний (potajnyj) (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/En-us-surreptitious.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪʃəs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "covert"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prikrit",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "прикрит"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "taen",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "таен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podmolen",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "подмолен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "subreptici"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "clandestí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "furtiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "偷偷的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "不为人知的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "tajný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "skrytý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "utajovaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "tutlaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "ututlaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "heimelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "steels"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "verdoken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "verdekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "salainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "salamyhkäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "furtif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "subreptice"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "heimlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "verdeckt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "verstohlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "betrügerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "erschlichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "alattomos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "laumulegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "í laumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "leynilegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "surrettizio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "subdolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "furbesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "furtivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "dizîkî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "nehînî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "razberî"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "skríšen",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "скри́шен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "táen",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "та́ен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "whakahewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "skjult"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "dulgt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "fordekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "hemmelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "subreptici"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "furtiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "heemlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "sub-reptício"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "furtivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tájnyj",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "та́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrýtyj",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "скры́тый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "potajno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "subrepticio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "dold"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tajemnyj",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "таємний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "potajnyj",
      "sense": "stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert",
      "word": "потайний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "surreptitious"
}

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