stealth

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
2. (archaic, countable) An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.

Verb

1. (especially) To conceal or infiltrate through the use of stealth.
2. (slang, transitive) To subject (someone) to stealthing (sexual intercourse without a condom through deception, for example removing the condom mid-act).

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged.
2. (not-comparable) Having properties that diminish radar signatures.
3. (not-comparable) Hiding one's transgender status (in general or in specific areas of one's life, e.g. at work) after transition.

Concepts

furtivité

cachette

en cachette

furtif

glissement

astuce

discrétion

brigue

occultation

dissimulation

ruse

Synonymes

stealing

stealthiness

larceny

theft

robbery

privacy

prowl

secrecy

secretiveness

sliding

sneakiness

steal

concealing

thievery

crib

hiding

occultation

piracy

Traductions

sigilo

disimulo

Heimlichkeit

furtividade

nehînî

dizîkî

razberî

furtività

sigil

Schläue

furtivitat

κρύψιμο

λαθραία

λαθραία πράξη

κλοπή

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɛlθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: stāla

Hérité de moyen anglais: stelthe

Hérité de ancien anglais: stǣlþ

Appartenant à ancien anglais: stalu

Appartenant à allemand: Diebstahl

In summary

From Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic *stēliþō, equivalent to steal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old English stalu (“theft, stealth”), Old High German stāla (“theft”), German Diebstahl (“theft”).