Pretext

//ˈpɹiːtɛkst//

Synonyms for "pretext" (127 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(3 words)
pretensealibicanard
Verb(1 words)
blag

Strong matches (38)

Noun(2 words)
excuseguise

Related words (63)

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More general

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Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

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derived

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is a

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related to

7 entries

Translations

110 translations across 49 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μύνη noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • πρόφασις noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • σκῆψις noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Arabic

2 entries
  • ذَرِيعَة noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • عُذْر noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պատրվակ noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • bəhanə noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • адгаво́р noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • адгаво́рка noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • адмо́ўка noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • зачэ́пка noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • извине́ние noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • прете́кст noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Catalan

2 entries
  • pretext noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • pretextar verb (employ a pretext)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 借口 noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Czech

2 entries
  • výmluva noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • záminka noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Danish

1 entries
  • påskud noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Dutch

4 entries
  • dekmantel noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • drogreden noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • pretext noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • schijnreden noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • амал noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • preteksto noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • preteksti verb (employ a pretext)

Finnish

2 entries
  • tekosyy noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • veruke noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

French

2 entries
  • prétexte noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • prétexter verb (employ a pretext)

German

4 entries
  • Ausflucht noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • Ausrede noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • Deckmantel noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • Prätext noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌻𐍉 noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Greek

2 entries
  • πρόσχημα noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • πρόφαση noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • תירוץ noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • אמתלה verb (employ a pretext)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kifogás noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • ürügy noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • yfirskin noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Ido

1 entries
  • pretextar verb (employ a pretext)

Italian

2 entries
  • pretesto noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • scusante noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 口実 noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Korean

1 entries
  • 핑계 noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • шылтоо noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Latin

2 entries
  • praetextum noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • praetexō verb (employ a pretext)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • изговор noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᡳᡴᡨᡠ noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Māori

4 entries
  • takunetanga noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • takunga noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • takutakunga noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • whakataruna verb (employ a pretext)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • påskott noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • påskudd noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • påskot noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • påskott noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قولپ noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Persian

3 entries
  • بهانه noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • دستاویز noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • عذر noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Polish

2 entries
  • pretekst noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • wymówka noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • pretexto noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • pretextar verb (employ a pretext)

Russian

3 entries
  • отгово́рка noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • по́вод noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • предло́г noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अपदेश noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • leisgeul noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ȉzgovōr noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • ȉzlika noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • и̏згово̄р noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • и̏злика noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • scaciuni noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Slovak

2 entries
  • výhovorka noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • zámienka noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pretveza noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Spanish

4 entries
  • callejuela noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • pretexto noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • socapa noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • pretextar verb (employ a pretext)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förevändning noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • svepskäl noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ṣewi noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́мовка noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • відмо́вка noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • за́чіпка noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • при́від noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cớ noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)
  • mượn cớ verb (employ a pretext)

Welsh

1 entries
  • esgus noun (false, contrived or assumed purpose)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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He often uses the slightest thing as a pretext for a fight with anybody.

Source: tatoeba (67969)

He made up a pretext for a fight with me.

Source: tatoeba (72041)

He came to my house on the pretext of seeing me.

Source: tatoeba (297581)

He delayed payment on some pretext or other.

Source: tatoeba (305934)

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