fig leaf
fig leaf · fig leaves
фиговый листок
Feigenblatt
A leaf of the fig plantA leaf of the fig plant.
Meaning
3 sensesA leaf of the fig plant.
Feigenblatt
фи́говый листо́кfígovyj listók
a leaf from a fig tree
A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).
Feigenblatt
фи́говый листо́кfígovyj listók
(figuratively)Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.
Feigenblatt
фи́говый листо́кfígovyj listók
Translations
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By meaning 1
leaf of the fig plant:
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By meaning 1
leaf of the fig plant:
Origin
From Middle English *figge leef (attested in the plural figge leves), a partial calque ofFrom Middle English *figge leef (attested in the plural figge leves), a partial calque of Old English fīclēaf (“fig leaf”). By surface analysis, fig + leaf.
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