masque

See also: masqué

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French masque.

Pronunciation

Noun

masque (plural masques)

  1. (archaic, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
  2. (archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
  3. (archaic) A masquerade.
  4. Archaic form of mask.
  5. A facial mask.
    mud masque; clay masque

Verb

masque (third-person singular simple present masques, present participle masquing, simple past and past participle masqued)

  1. Archaic form of mask.
    • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16,
      It is even masqued by that sort of good-humoured air that at heart he resents his impressment.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maschera. More at English mask.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mask/
  • (file)

Noun

masque m (plural masques)

  1. mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)

Derived terms

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maschera[1].

Noun

masque m (plural masques)

  1. mask (covering for the face)

References

  1. masque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

masque

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mascar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of mascar
  3. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of mascar
  4. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mascar
  5. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of mascar
  6. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mascar

Spanish

Verb

masque

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mascar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mascar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of mascar.
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