guise

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
2. An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.
3. A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To dress.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.

Sinonieme

dress

👗

pretext

appearance

pretense

mask

😷

garb

pretence

look

hue

sight

hide

stalking-horse

conceal

colouring

face

habit

coloring

countenance

colour

disguise

view

semblance

morals

obverse

outfit

pace

plea

raiment

respect

self-justification

shape

speed

strawman

straw man

suit

suit of clothes

trim

veil

velocity

vesture

adornment

visage

aspect

attire

blind

cloak

color

complexion

costume

cover

Vertalings

aparência

Gestalt

guisa

guise

apariencia

Erscheinung

guisa

figura

allure

uiterlijk

voorkomen

maschera

😷

parvenza

تنكر

veste

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɡaɪz/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: guise

Verwante met Old High German: wīsa

Verwante met Old English: wīse

Verwante met Nederlands: wijze

In summary

From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“way, manner”), Dutch wijze (“way, manner”). More at wise.