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maskerade.

masquerade; a masked ball or costume party at which the participants wear masks and costumes

9 characters4 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/²mas.kə.rɑː.də/[maskəˈrɑ̂ːdə]
  1. masquerade; a masked ball or costume party at which the participants wear masks and costumes

    masculine
    De inviterte gjestene til maskerade og ba alle komme utkledd.
  2. masquerade; a masked ball or costume party at which the participants wear masks and costumes masquerade; a false or deceptive show, appearance or pretence

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French mascarade (“masquerade”), from Italian mascherata (“masquerade”), from mascherare (“to mask, disguise”), itself from maschera (“mask”), inherited from Late Latin Late Latin mascara, *mascra, from Latin masca (“mask; spectre, witch”), borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *maskā (“mesh, net”), from Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʷ- (“netting, mesh, knot, loop”), from *mesgʷ- (“to knit, tie, make a loop”). First attested before 1858. Compare the related borrowings Norwegian Nynorsk maskerade, Danish maskerade, Swedish maskerad, German Maskerade, Dutch maskerade, Polish maskarada and Russian маскарад (maskarad, “masquerade”).

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