disguise
Material used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or…Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
» He disguised himself as a woman.
Er verkleidete sich als Frau. — MUIRIEL
Er hat sich als Frau verkleidet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Он переоделся в женщину. — sharptoothed
Він переодягнувся у жінку. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
A cape and moustache completed his disguise.
hiding one's treacherous intentions under the guise of friendship
Verkleidung, Tarnung
маскиро́вкаmaskiróvka
any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
old ideas in a new guise
Tarnung
маскиро́вкаmaskiróvka
(countable, uncountable)The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication, drunkenness.
Examples
164 sentencesHe disguised himself as a woman.
Він переодягнувся у жінку. — deniko
ruОн переоделся в женщину. — sharptoothed
deEr verkleidete sich als Frau. — MUIRIEL
The dirty boy turned out to be a prince in disguise.
Брудний хлопчик виявився переодягненим принцем. — zaytsev126
ruГрязный мальчишка оказался переодетым принцем. — Hellerick
It's a blessing in disguise.
Нема лиха без добра. — DemonicSatori
ruНет худа без добра. — Imp
Tom disguised himself as a policeman.
ruТом переоделся в полицейского. — odexed
deTom verkleidete sich als Polizist. — raggione
Tom disguised himself as a priest.
ruТом переоделся в священника. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern FrenchFrom Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).
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Forms
plural: disguisesSynonyms
5 synonyms- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance:camouflage
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something:camouflage
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- disguised himself as
- disguised himself
- disguised myself as
- disguised as a
- disguised myself
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.