veil

Etymology
From, , from and  (Francien Old French , French ),. Displaced, , , (compare ). .

Noun

 * 1) Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
 * 2)  Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
 * 3) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
 * 4) A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
 * 5)  The calyptra of mosses.
 * 6)  velum A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa.
 * 7)  A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
 * 8)  A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
 * 9) An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
 * 10)  That which separates the living and the spirit world.
 * 1)  The calyptra of mosses.
 * 2)  velum A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa.
 * 3)  A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
 * 4)  A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
 * 5) An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
 * 6)  That which separates the living and the spirit world.
 * 1) An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
 * 2)  That which separates the living and the spirit world.
 * 1)  That which separates the living and the spirit world.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Belarusian: по́крыўка, пакрыва́ла, заве́са, засло́на, апо́на
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dække
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საფარი, საფარველი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κάλυμμα
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Latin: vēlāmen, rīca
 * Maori: kōpare
 * Norman: vouaile
 * Ottoman Turkish: یاشمق
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgàile, brat
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, shela,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: покрива́ло, покри́вка, заві́са, запо́на, запина́ло,, опо́на
 * Urdu: پَرْدَہ


 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:, خِمَار, نِقَاب, بُرْقُع, لِثَام
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: ওৰণি
 * Belarusian: вуа́ль, вэ́люм, вэ́лем
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: slør
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: vualo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პირბადე, რიდე, ვუალი
 * German:
 * Greek: πέπλος, ,
 * Ancient: κάλυμμα
 * Greenlandic: kiinnamut saagoq
 * Hebrew:, כיסוי,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 베일
 * Latin: vēlāmen
 * Macedonian: превез, вел
 * Maori: kōpare
 * Norman: vouaile
 * Ottoman Turkish: یاشمق, پرده, دواق
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: vel
 * Plautdietsch: Schleia
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi: ਘੁੰਡ
 * Shahmukhi: گُھنْڈ
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgàile, brat
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: závoj
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, shela
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: taong
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: вуа́ль, ве́льон,
 * Urdu: گُھون٘گَٹ, پَرْدَہ
 * Uyghur:
 * Yiddish: וועלאָן
 * Zazaki: lecek


 * Albanian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Italian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
 * 2)  To conceal as with a veil.
 * The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: nosit roušku,
 * Danish: dække
 * Finnish: hunnuttaa
 * French:
 * Galician: velar
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, fátyollal borít/fed
 * Maori: kōpare
 * Ottoman Turkish: یاشمقلامق
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian:, завоалирам
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: sløre,
 * Finnish:,  verhoutua
 * French:
 * Galician: velar
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Latin: advēlō
 * Maori: kōpare
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tilsløre
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1) venal