veil

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English veil, veyl, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French veil (“sail, veil, shroud”) (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin vēlum (“cloth, covering”). Displaced Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”) (compare German Schleier). Doublet of velum and voile. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /veɪl/ Rhymes: -eɪl Homophones: vale, vail, Vail === Noun === veil (plural veils) Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head) (biology) The calyptra of mosses. (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa). (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom. (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum. An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation. (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ベール (bēru) → Korean: 베일 (beil) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === veil (third-person singular simple present veils, present participle veiling, simple past and past participle veiled) (transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil. (transitive) To conceal as with a veil. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Levi, Viel, evil, live, vile, vlei == Dutch == === Etymology === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. === Pronunciation === === Verb === veil inflection of veilen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Adjective === veil (comparative veiler, superlative veilst) venal ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: veil === Anagrams === viel, vlei