veil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French veil (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin vēlum. Displaced Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /veɪl/
Rhymes: -eɪl
Homophones: vale, vail
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

veil (plural veils)

Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Matthew xxvii. 51
  The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
  She, as a veil down to the slender waist, / Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
  [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence. p. 4.
  Beckett complains that "in the forest of symbols" there is never quiet, and longs to break through the veil of language to silence.
The calyptra of mosses.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
a nun's veil

a paten veil

an altar veil
(zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
(mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: ベール (bēru)
→ Korean: 베일 (beil)

Translations

something to hide an object

Czech: rouška f
Danish: dække n
French: voile (fr) m
Georgian: საფარი (sapari), საფარველი (saparveli)
German: Vorhang (de) m
Greek: πέπλο (el) n (péplo)
Ancient Greek: κάλυμμα n (kálumma)
Hungarian: lepel (hu), fátyol (hu)
Ido: velo (io)

Maori: kōpare (refers to eyes)
Norman: vouaile m
Portuguese: véu (pt) m
Russian: покрыва́ло (ru) n (pokryválo), заве́са (ru) f (zavésa)
Scottish Gaelic: sgàile f, brat m
Spanish: velo (es) m
Swahili: veli (sw), shela, pazia (sw) class 5/6

covering for a person or thing

Arabic: حِجَاب‎ (ar) m (ḥijāb), نِقَاب‎ m (niqāb), بُرْقُع‎ m (burquʿ), لِثَام‎ m (liṯām)
Armenian: քող (hy) (kʿoł), շղարշ (hy) (šłarš)
Assamese: ওৰণি (üroni)
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 面紗 (zh), 面纱 (zh) (miànshā)
Czech: závoj m
Danish: slør n
Dutch: sluier (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: huntu (fi)
French: voile (fr) m
Georgian: პირბადე (ṗirbade), რიდე (ride), ვუალი (vuali)
German: Schleier (de) m
Greek: πέπλος (el) m (péplos), πέπλο (el) n (péplo), βέλο (el) n (vélo)
Greenlandic: kiinnamut saagoq
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: fátyol (hu)
Ido: velo (io)
Japanese: ベール (bēru)
Korean: 베일 (beil)
Maori: kōpare
Norman: vouaile m
Portuguese: véu (pt) m
Romanian: văl (ro) n, voal (ro) n
Russian: вуаль (ru) f (vualʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: sgàile f, brat m
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: velo (es) m
Swahili: veli (sw), shela
Tagalog: taong (black mourning veil)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} vel (sq) m
Catalan: ^{(please verify)} vel (ca) m
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} sluier (nl) m
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} vualo

Italian: ^{(please verify)} velo (it)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} veo (sh) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} velo (es) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} slöja (sv) c

Verb

veil (third-person singular simple present veils, present participle veiling, simple past and past participle veiled)

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

Translations

dress in or decorate with a veil

Catalan: velar (ca)
Czech: nosit roušku, halit
Danish: dække
French: voiler (fr)
German: verschleiern (de), verhüllen (de)

Hungarian: lefátyoloz (hu), fátyol lal borít/fed
Maori: kōpare (refers to eyes)
Portuguese: velar (pt)
Swahili: veli (sw)

conceal with a veil

Catalan: velar (ca)
Czech: zahalit, halit
Danish: sløre, skjule (da)
French: voiler (fr)
German: verhüllen (de)
Hungarian: takar (hu), fed (hu), rejt (hu), leplez (hu)
Ido: velizar (io)
Latin: advēlō

Maori: kōpare (refers to eyes)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilsløre
Portuguese: velar (pt)
Romanian: voala (ro)
Spanish: velar (es)
Swahili: veli (sw)

Anagrams

Levi, Viel, evil, live, vile, vlei

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

veil

first-person singular present indicative of veilen
imperative of veilen

Adjective

veil (comparative veiler, superlative veilst)

venal
Een veile vrouw.
A venal woman.

Inflection

Inflection of veil
uninflected	veil
inflected	veile
comparative	veiler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		veil	veiler	het veilst het veilste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	veile	veilere	veilste
	n. sing.	veil	veiler	veilste
	plural	veile	veilere	veilste
definite		veile	veilere	veilste
partitive		veils	veilers	—

Anagrams

viel, vlei

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