pretext

Etymology
From, from , neuter of , past participle of.

Noun

 * 1) A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

Translations

 * Arabic: ذَرِيعَة, عُذْر
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian:, зачэ́пка, адмо́ўка, адгаво́рка, адгаво́р
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: pretext
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, výmluva
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , , schijnreden,
 * Esperanto: preteksto
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , fadenscheinige Begründung, , Scheingrund, , , Prätext, angeblicher Grund, vorgespiegelter Grund
 * Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌻𐍉
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πρόφασις, σκῆψις, μύνη
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: yfirskin
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: praetextum
 * Macedonian: изговор
 * Manchu: ᡶᡳᡴᡨᡠ
 * Maori: takunga, takutakunga, takunetanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, påskott
 * Nynorsk: påskott, påskot
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: leisgeul
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: и̏згово̄р, и̏злика
 * Roman:, ȉzlika
 * Sicilian: scaciuni
 * Slovak: zámienka, výhovorka
 * Slovene: pretveza
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tocharian B: ṣewi
 * Ukrainian: при́від,, при́ключка, при́чіпка, відмо́вка, ви́мовка
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: esgus

Verb

 * 1) To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.

Translations

 * Esperanto: preteksti
 * German: etwas vorgeben, einen Vorwand verwenden, etwas vorschützen, etwas vorspiegeln,
 * Hebrew:
 * Maori: whakataruna
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese:

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