cloak
English
/ˈkloʊk/
noun
Definitions
- A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
- (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
- (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English cloke derived from cloque (bell, travelling cloak) derived from Latin clocca derived from Proto-Celtic *klokkos- (bell).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*klokkos-
Gloss
bell
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鈴, 鐘
Emoji
🎐 🔔 🔕 🛎️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becloak English
- becloaked English
- cloakest English
- cloaketh English
- cloakless English
- cloaklessness English
- cloaklike English
- cloakmaker English
- cloakmaking English
- cloakroom English
- cloakwise English
- decloak English
- discloak English
- maker English
- making English
- recloak English
- room English
- turn English
- turncloak English
- uncloak English
- clocca Latin
- cloche French
- クロークルーム Japanese
- clucge Old English
- cloke Middle English
- clokes Middle English
- kloke Middle English
- klokka Old Norse
- cloche Old French
- clocke Middle Dutch
- klocke Middle Dutch
- glocca Old High German
- klocca Old High German
- *klokka Old Dutch
- choca Old Portuguese
- *klokkos Proto-Celtic
- *klokkos Proto-Celtic
- *klokkos- Proto-Celtic
- klocke Middle Low German
- clôche Bourguignon
- *clocca Gaulish
- clocca Gaulish
- cloque ONF.
- cloke Picard