reveal

Meaning

Noun

1. The outer side of a window or door frame.
2. (informal, usually) A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.

Verb

1. (transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
2. (transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

Synonyms

disclose

expose

show

uncover

divulge

unveil

make known

display

unmask

manifest

bring to light

let out

tell

discover

exhibit

publish

express

open

bare

give away

uncloak

unearth

break

announce

unfold

betray

confess

open up

lay bare

clarify

bring out

indicate

detect

demonstrate

find out

make visible

begin

light up

let on

impart

develop

leak

split

point out

unwrap

undo

declare

explain

present

evince

Translations

révéler

revelar

rivelare

revelar

dévoiler

svelare

divulguer

αποκαλύπτω

openbaren

revelar

scoprire

enthüllen

onthullen

offenbaren

palesare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈviːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: revelen

In summary

From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).
Also compare typologically English uncloak, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).