veil

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
2. (figuratively) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
3. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
4. A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
5. The calyptra of mosses.
6. velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
7. A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
8. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
9. An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
10. (figuratively) That which separates the living and the spirit world.

Verb

1. (transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
2. (transitive) To conceal as with a veil.

Conceptos

velo

velar

ocultar

oscurecer

velo fig

tachar

antifaz

disimular

empañar

encubrir

enmascarar

😷

enturbiar

erradicar

cubrir con un velo

condenar al olvido

bruma

poner un velo

esconder

ignorar

niebla

🌫️

pretexto

Sinónimos

cover

curtain

hide

screen

conceal

shroud

mask

😷

disguise

headscarf

cloak

obscure

covering

head covering

mantle

enshroud

caul

velum

obliterate

yashmak

dodge

blanket

shawl

cover up

cap

humeral veil

abaya

blot out

embryonic membrane

camouflage

envelop

bathe

drape

shade

dissemble

dike

bury

diaphragm

defray

case

incase

defend

carpet

bridal veil

head

coverlet

guise

grow over

kerchief

fog

🌫️

flood

Traducciones

voile

Schleier

sluier

velo

voiler

véu

vel

peçe

nikap

veletta

omsluieren

verschleiern

sluieren

velare

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/veɪl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: veil

In summary

From Middle English veil, veyl, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French veil (“sail, veil, shroud”) (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin vēlum (“cloth, covering”). Displaced Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”) (compare German Schleier). Doublet of velum and voile.

Oraciones

She wears upon her head a mural crown and veil .

Ella usa sobre su cabeza una corona y velo mural.