masked

English

Alternative forms

• masqued (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɑːskt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /mæskt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːskt, -æskt

Verb

masked

1. simple past and past participle of mask

Adjective

masked (comparative more masked, superlative most masked)

1. Wearing a mask or masks.

   Antonyms: unmasked, maskless

   • 2021 August 15, Stephanie Elizalde, “Why I'm Mandating That Austin Schools Must Be Masked When Classes Start”, in Time‎^[1]:

     As the Superintendent of Austin, TX, schools I have mandated that our kids must be masked when they start school on Tuesday.

2. Characterized by masks.
3. Concealed; hidden.
4. (botany) Personate.
5. (zoology, of birds) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage.

Derived terms

• gas-masked
• masked ball
• masked battery
• masked crab
• masked crimson tanager
• masked facies
• masked finch
• masked hunter
• masked lapwing
• masked-man fallacy
• masked man fallacy
• masked palm civet
• masked pig
• masked plover
• masked shrike
• southern masked weaver

 

Translations

wearing a mask or masks

• Arabic: مُقَنَّع (muqannaʕ)
• Catalan: emmascarat (ca)
• Esperanto: maskita
• French: masqué (fr)
• German: maskiert (de)
• Hungarian: álarcos (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maskert

• Portuguese: mascarado (pt)
• Romanian: mascat (ro)
• Spanish: enmascarado (es)
• Ukrainian: маскований (maskovanyj)

Anagrams

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