masque
See also: masqué
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /mæsk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑːsk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk
- Homophones: mask, masc (some accents)
Noun
masque (plural masques)
- (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.
- (archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
- (archaic) A masquerade.
- Archaic form of mask.
- A facial mask.
- mud masque; clay masque
Verb
masque (third-person singular simple present masques, present participle masquing, simple past and past participle masqued)
- 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.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16,
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mask/
Audio (file)
Noun
masque m (plural masques)
- mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “masque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
References
- “masque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Verb
masque
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mascar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of mascar
- First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of mascar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mascar
- First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of mascar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mascar
Spanish
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