secret, clandestine (done or kept in secret) · quiet, silent · synonym of einheimisch (“native”)
çekim: karşılaştırma heimlicher · üstünlük am heimlichsten
eş: versteckt, geheim, verborgen, klammheimlich
köken: From Middle High German heimlich, heimelich, from Old High German heimilīh, from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk. Equivalent to Heim + -lich.
aile: klammheimlich, Heimlichkeit, Heimlichtuer
unbeknownst to, unbeknown to, without the knowledge of
zıt: au vu et au su de
🔊 Il était content à son insu.
🔊 "[…] Mais le Québec se fait tous les jours et à l'insu de ceux qui ne voudraient pas qu'il se fasse comme à l'insu de ceux qui le font."
🔊 Cela ne se fait à l'insu de personne.
(typically with di) behind · in an unexpected way; by surprise · by treachery; treacherously
eş: dietro, alla sprovvista, a tradimento
köken: Literally, “at the shoulders”.
aile: alle spalle di, guardarsi alle spalle
🔊 potete trovare i palloncini alle vostre spalle
🔊 lasciare alle spalle
secret, covert
çekim: karşılaştırma daha gizlin · üstünlük ən gizlin
köken: Analyzable as gizli (“hidden, secret”, adjective) + -n or gizlə- (“to hide”, tr. verb) + -n
🔊 tarixin gizlinləri
secretly, sneakily
çekim: karşılaştırma stiekemer · üstünlük stiekemst
eş: rustig, stil, heimelijk, onderhands, achterbaks, geniepig
köken: Borrowed from Yiddish שתיקה (shtike), from Hebrew שתיקה (shtika, “silence”), see שָׁתַק (“to be silent”). Compare regional German stiekum.
aile: stiekempjes
sem o conhecimento de um determinado alguém
secretly, in secret
köken: From 모르— (moreu-, “to not know”).
🔊 몰래 만나다
secretly, covertly, furtively, on the sly
köken: i (“in”) + smyg (“sneak”)
🔊 Hon tog en godis i smyg när ingen såg
🔊 dricka i smyg
🔊 titta i smyg på någon
covertly, clandestinely, furtively
eş: ukradkiem
köken: Etymology tree Polish potajemny Polish -ie Polish potajemnie From potajemny + -ie.
quietly, secretly, stealthily
köken: From चुप (cup) + -के (-ke).
in secret, secretly
köken: Originally the partitive singular form of sala.
aile: puolisalaa
secretly
eş: skrytě, vskrytu, potají, potajmu
zıt: nepokrytě, neskrývaně, otevřeně, veřejně
behind someone's back (when someone is not present) · behind someone's back (without somebody's knowledge, deliberately leaving someone out)
köken: a (“the”) + hát (“back”) + -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) + mögött (“behind”), literally “behind one’s back”
🔊 A munkatársam szemben hízeleg a főnöknek, de a háta mögött gúnyt űz belőle.
🔊 Kati háta mögött eladták mindenét.
clandestinely, secretly, privately · stealthily
zıt: pūblicē, apertē, vulgō, prōpalam, palam
köken: From Proto-Italic *klām, perhaps an adverbial accusative from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl-eh₂- (“concealment”) from *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). Cognate with Latin cēlō and others.
aile: clanculō, clanculum
behind
🔊 Siapa yang di belakang saya?
nominative masculine plural of slepens
🔊 slepeni gatavoties agresijai
🔊 slepeni noklausīties sarunā
🔊 slepeni slaucīt asaras
covertly
köken: From cobert + -ment.
on the sly, slyly, secretly
köken: Literally, “a la hide-and-seek”.
🔊 Antes de casar víanse ás agochadas
unwittingly, unawares · unbeknownst (without the knowledge of), unknown · secretly, in secret, covertly, sneakily, surreptitiously
zıt: i bhfios
aile: ganfhiosach, ganfhiosaíocht
secretly, surreptitiously
köken: From fsheh.