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 Definitions of masquerade  [ˌmæs kəˈreɪd]  

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Definition of 'masquerade' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) masquerade
a festive gathering of people wearing masks and costumes.

2.  masquerade
a costume worn at such a gathering.

3.  masquerade
false outward show; pretense.

4. (v.i.) masquerade
to represent oneself falsely.

5.  masquerade
to disguise oneself.

6.  masquerade
to take part in a masquerade.

Etymology:  (1580–90; pseudo-Sp var. of MF mascarade < Upper It mascherada; see mask ,

Definition of 'masquerade' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) masquerade, masquerade party, masque, mask
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

2. (noun) fancy dress, masquerade, masquerade costume
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

3. (verb) masquerade
making a false outward show
"a beggar's masquerade of wealth"

4. (verb) masquerade
take part in a masquerade

5. (verb) masquerade
pretend to be someone or something that you are not
"he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"


Definition of 'masquerade' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) masquerade
an assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions

2. (noun) masquerade
a dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4

3. (noun) masquerade
acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise

4. (noun) masquerade
a Spanish diversion on horseback

5. (verb) masquerade
to assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade

6. (verb) masquerade
to frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not

7. (verb) masquerade
to conceal with masks; to disguise


Translation of 'masquerade' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a) pretence or disguise
Her show of friendship was (a) masquerade.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vermomming Arabic flag Arabic: تَقَنُّع، تَظاهُر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: преструвка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fingimento Czech flag Czech: předstírání German flag German: die Verstellung
Danish flag Danish: maskerade Greek flag Greek: υποκρισία Spanish flag Spanish: mascarada, farsa
Estonian flag Estonian: teesklus Farsi flag Farsi: تظاهر Finnish flag Finnish: teeskentely
French flag French: mascarade Hebrew flag Hebrew: נֶשֶף מַסֵיכוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: छद्मवेश
Croatian flag Croatian: maškarada Hungarian flag Hungarian: komédia Indonesian flag Indonesian: samaran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: látalæti Italian flag Italian: finzione Japanese flag Japanese: 見せかけ
Korean flag Korean: 거짓 꾸밈, 겉치레 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apsimetimas, maskaradas Latvian flag Latvian: izlikšanās
Malay flag Malay: sandiwara Dutch flag Dutch: vals vertoon Norwegian flag Norwegian: maskerade, forkledning
Polish flag Polish: maskarada Persian flag Persian: تظاهر Pashto flag Pashto: په ظاهره كښى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fingimento Romanian flag Romanian: mascaradă Russian flag Russian: притворство, маскарад
Slovak flag Slovak: maškaráda Slovenian flag Slovenian: maškarada Serbian flag Serbian: maskarada
Swedish flag Swedish: maskerad, förklädnad Thai flag Thai: การเสแสร้ง Turkish flag Turkish: yapmacık, sahte davranış
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 偽裝 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: маскарад Urdu flag Urdu: بہروپ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trò giả dối Chinese flag Chinese: 伪装

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