concealment

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːlmənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: con‧ceal‧ment

Noun

concealment (countable and uncountable, plural concealments)

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

Derived terms

• nonconcealment
• unconcealment

 

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)