fig leaf

Etymology
From (attested in the plural ), a partial calque of. .

Noun

 * 1) A leaf of the fig plant.
 * 2) A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).
 * 3)  Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.

Translations

 * Armenian: թուզի տերև
 * Basque: pikuondo-hosto, grape leaf: mahatsondo-hosto
 * Catalan: fulla de figuera
 * Danish: figenblad
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: viikunanlehti
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: συκή
 * Hebrew: עלה תאנה (he) m (׳)
 * Irish: duilleog fige
 * Italian: foglia di fico
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian: фи́говый листо́к
 * Spanish: hoja de higo
 * Swedish: fikonlöv
 * Welsh: deilen ffigys


 * Danish: figenblad
 * Finnish: viikunanlehti
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: συκή
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: foglia di fico
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: фи́говый листо́к
 * Spanish: hoja de higo
 * Swedish: fikonlöv


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: figenblad
 * Finnish: viikunanlehti
 * German:
 * Greek: συκή
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: seift
 * Italian: foglia di fico
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: фи́говый листо́к