maska

Borrowed from Russian маска (maska).

• Hyphenation: mas‧ka

maska

1. mask

• “maska”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaska]

maska f

1. mask (cover for the face)

   lidé v maskách ― people in masks

• “maska”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “maska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “maska”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• masken

maska m or f

1. definite feminine singular of maske

• masken m or f

maska f

1. definite singular of maske (Etymology 1)

maska m or f

1. definite feminine singular of maske (Etymology 2)

Borrowed from French masque, from Italian maschera, from Medieval Latin masca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ka/

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• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: mas‧ka

maska f (diminutive maseczka)

1. mask (cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
2. bonnet, hood (cover over the engine of a motor car)

• maska in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• maska in Polish dictionaries at PWN

màska f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀ска)

1. mask

From Old Norse mǫskvi, mǫskun, from Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgo-.

maska c

2. a stitch, a mesh (space enclosed by threads)

maska (present maskar, preterite maskade, supine maskat, imperative maska)

1. to deliberately work slowly (sometimes as a form of protest); to stall, to shirk, to engage in go-slow
2. (sports) to try to slow the game (while being in the lead in a time-limited competition)
3. (card games) to finesse
4. to mask (cover or shield, e.g. when painting)
6. to redact, black out, censor or otherwise make a text illegible
   • 2025 May 18, Jens Larsson, “Polisen i konflikt med Djurgården och Hammarby”, in SVT Nyheter‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 May 2025:

     Djurgården och Hammarby är de enda allsvenska klubbarna som maskat säkerhetsplan och riskbedömning runt hemmamatcher för polisen.

     Djurgården and Hammarby are the only Allsvenskan clubs [highest level Swedish football league] that have redacted their security plans and risk assessments for home matches before submitting them to the police.

8. (fishing) to bait (a fishing hook or fishing line or the like) with a worm

(to redact):

• helmaska

• mask (“worm”)

• maska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• maska in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• maska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• makas, smaka