peite

peittää (“to cover”) +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈpei̯teˣ/, [ˈpe̞i̯t̪e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eite
• Syllabification^(key): pei‧te
• Hyphenation^(key): pei‧te

peite

1. cover, covering (physical object which covers something else, especially one that is flexible, e.g. made of cloth or some kinds of plastic)
   1. spread, throw (piece of material, especially fabric, used as a cover)
   2. synonym of peitto (“blanket, quilt”)
2. blanket, cover (a layer of loose material, e.g. snow or mulch, that covers something)
3. overlay (that which is laid over something else to cover it)
4. (computing, networking) mask (pattern of bits used in bitwise operations)

   Synonym: maski

   aliverkon peite ― subnet mask

5. (radio) codeword (a word used to express a concept in such a way that only certain people understand the meaning in order to reduce the risk associated with eavesdropping)

• “peite”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• pente
• pieite

From Old Galician-Portuguese *peitẽe, from Latin pecten, pectinem.

peite m (plural peites)

1. comb

• peiteado
• peitear

peite

1. inflection of peitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative