incognito

(ĭn'kŏg-nē'tō, ĭn-kŏg'nĭ-tō')
adv. & adj.
With one's identity disguised or concealed.

n., pl., -tos.

1. One whose identity is disguised or concealed.
2. The condition of having a disguised or concealed identity.

[Italian, from Latin incognitus, unknown : in-, not; see in-¹ + cognitus, past participle of cognōscere, to learn, recognize; see cognition.]

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when used as a noun meaning either 'a secret identity' or 'a person with a secret identity', has the plural form incognitos.

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adv

Definition: in disguise
Antonyms: known, openly, seen, unhidden

IN BRIEF: Using a false name or identity.

A sect or a party is an elegant incognito, devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

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• Other Romance Languages - incognito: Italian. anonymously or in disguise
• Secrecy and Concealment - incognito: (adj) having one’s identity concealed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - inkognito
adv. - inkognito
n. - person der færdes inkognito

Nederlands (Dutch)
incognito, iemand die incognito is

Français (French)
adj. - dans l'incognito
adv. - incognito
n. - incognito

Deutsch (German)
adv. - inkognito, (Identität wird geheimgehalten)
adj. - inkognito, (Identität wird geheimgehalten)
n. - Inkognito

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - ινκόγκνιτο, ανεπίσημα και κρυφά
adj. - ινκόγκνιτο, με ανεπίσημη ιδιότητα
n. - ανωνυμία, απόκρυψη της ταυτότητας

Italiano (Italian)
in incognito, incognito, incognita

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - em incógnito
adj., -
n. - incógnito (m)

Русский (Russian)
инкогнито

Español (Spanish)
adj. - incógnito, que guarda el incógnito
adv. - de incógnito
n. - incógnito

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - inkognito
adj. - som reser inkognito
n. - inkognito, person som uppträder inkognito

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
微行的, 匿名的, 改名的, 隐姓埋名地, 微行者, 匿名者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 微行的, 匿名的, 改名的
adv. - 隱姓埋名地
n. - 微行者, 匿名者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 익명의, 변명의
adv. - 암행으로, 변명으로
n. - 익명자, 미행, 익명

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 身分を隠した, 変名の, お忍びの
adv. - 身分を隠して, お忍びで
n. - 変名, 変名を使う人, 匿名者, 匿名

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بصفه غير الصفه الرسميه (صفه) مستتر باسم مستعار (الاسم) شخص مستتر باسم مستعار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אלמוני‬
adv. - ‮בעילום שם‬
n. - ‮אלמוני, אופי לא-ידוע של אלמוני, אינקוגניטו‬

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