maschera

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin mascara, *mascra, masca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmas.ke.ra/
  • Rhymes: -askera
  • Hyphenation: mà‧sche‧ra

Noun

maschera f (plural maschere)

  1. mask
  2. surface, fiction
  3. (theater) usher (“takes tickets, escorts people to their seats”)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: màscara
  • → Cimbrian: maskera
  • → Middle Dutch: mascher
  • → Galician: máscara
  • → Middle French: masque
    • French: masque (see there for further descendants)
    • → English: mask
  • → Spanish: máscara
  • → Portuguese: máscara

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