concealment

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English

Etymology

From Old French concelement (“concealment, secrecy”). By surface analysis, conceal +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːlmənt/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: con‧ceal‧ment

Noun

concealment (countable and uncountable, plural concealments)

The practice of keeping secrets.
The condition of being hidden or concealed.
(military) protection from observation or surveillance.

Translations

The practice of keeping secrets

Bulgarian: укривателство n (ukrivatelstvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保密 (zh) (bǎomì)
Czech: zatajování (cs) m, zamlčení m
French: dissimulation (fr) f
Italian: occultamento (it) m, dissimulazione (it) f
Japanese: 秘匿 (ja) (ひとく, hitoku), 隠匿 (ja) (いんとく, intoku), 隠蔽 (ja) (いんぺい, inpei), 潜伏 (ja) (せんぷく, senpuku)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hemmelighold n, fortielse (no) m
Occitan: celament, amagament, occultacion, dissimulacion (oc)
Portuguese: ocultação f
Spanish: ocultamiento (es) m
Tatar: астыртынлык (tt) (astırtınlıq)
Telugu: దాపరికము (dāparikamu)

the condition of being hidden or concealed

Bulgarian: скритост (bg) f (skritost)
Czech: úkryt (cs) m, utajení m, maskování m
French: dissimulation (fr) f
Greek:
Ancient: κρύψις f (krúpsis)
Indonesian: kerahasiaan (id)
Occitan: dissimulacion (oc), celament

(military) protection from observation or surveillance

Bulgarian: маскировка (bg) f (maskirovka)
Czech: maskování m
French: dissimulation (fr) f
Italian: dissimulazione (it) f, mascheramento (it) m, occultamento (it) m, celamento m
Occitan: amagament, dissimulacion (oc)

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