mask

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑːsk/ (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /mask/ (General American) IPA(key): /mæsk/ Homophones: Marske, masque, masc (some accents) Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle French masque (“a covering to hide or protect the face”), from Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”), from (a byform of, see it for more) Medieval Latin masca, mascha, a borrowing of Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from which English mesh and mask (“mesh”) (below at Etymology 2) are inherited. Doublet of masque and mesh. Replaced Old English grīma (“mask”), whence grime, and displaced non-native Middle English viser (“visor, mask”) borrowed from Old French viser, visier. ==== Alternative forms ==== masque (archaic) ==== Noun ==== mask (plural masks) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. (poetic) Appearance, likeness. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade. A person wearing a mask. (obsolete) A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like. Synonym: mascaron (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. (fortification) A screen for a battery. (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image. (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask. (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image. (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears. ===== Synonyms ===== vizard (archaic) ===== Hyponyms ===== (a cover for the face): domino mask, sleep mask ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== mask (third-person singular simple present masks, present participle masking, simple past and past participle masked) (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor. (transitive) To disguise as something else. (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide. (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check. (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade. (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask. Synonym: mask up (intransitive, obsolete) To disguise oneself, to be disguised in any way. (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's neurodivergence, especially autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical. (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting. Synonym: mask off (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask. (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English maske, from Old English max, masċ (“net”), from Proto-West Germanic *maskā (“mesh, netting, mask”). Doublet of mesh and mask above. ==== Noun ==== mask (plural masks) Mesh. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English *mask, masch, from Old English māx, māsc (“mash”). Doublet of mash. ==== Noun ==== mask (plural masks) (UK dialectal) Mash. ==== Verb ==== mask (third-person singular simple present masks, present participle masking, simple past and past participle masked) (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash. (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort. (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped. (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew. (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm). === Etymology 4 === From Middle English masken, short for *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder; be confused, wander”). More at masker. ==== Verb ==== mask (third-person singular simple present masks, present participle masking, simple past and past participle masked) (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse. === Anagrams === KAMs, ma'ks, maks == Chinese == === Etymology === From English mask. === Pronunciation === === Noun === mask (Hong Kong Cantonese) facial mask ==== Synonyms ==== 面膜 (min6 mok6-2) === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French masque === Pronunciation === === Noun === mask (genitive maski, partitive maski) mask ==== Declension ==== ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === “mask”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “mask”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN mask in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish maþker, from Old Norse maðkr. Cognate with English mawk, Danish maddike and Finnish matikka. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== mask c a worm ===== Usage notes ===== Sometimes collectively, like in the examples above. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== daggmask lysmask === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French masque. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== mask c a mask (cover designed to disguise or protect the face) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== maskera maskerad maskering === References === “mask”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “mask”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “mask”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH === Anagrams === kams, skam, smak