smokescreen

See also: smoke screen

English

Alternative forms

smoke screen

Etymology

smoke +‎ screen

Pronunciation

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Noun

smokescreen (plural smokescreens)

Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.

Translations

disguise, mask, cover

Armenian: ծխածածկույթ (hy) (cxacackuytʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 煙幕 (zh), 烟幕 (zh) (yānmù)
Dutch: rookgordijn (nl) n
Estonian: suitsukate
Finnish: savuverho (fi)
French: écran de fumée (fr) m, rideau de fumée m
German: Nebelwand f
Japanese: 煙幕 (えんまく, enmaku)

Korean: 연막 (yeonmak) (煙幕 (ko))
Latvian: dūmu aizsegs m
Polish: zasłona dymna (pl) f
Portuguese: cortina de fumaça f
Russian: дымова́я заве́са (ru) f (dymovája zavésa)
Spanish: disfrazar (es)
Swedish: rökridå c
Turkish: sis perdesi (tr)

anything used to conceal or distract

Armenian: ծխածածկույթ (hy) (cxacackuytʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: savuverho (fi)
French: écran de fumée (fr) m
Japanese: 煙幕 (えんまく, enmaku)

Korean: 연막 (yeonmak)
Latvian: aizsegs m
Portuguese: cortina de fumaça f
Spanish: cortina de humo
Swedish: rökridå
Turkish: sis perdesi (tr)

See also

smoke test

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