different between incognito vs hidden

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian incognito, from Latin incognitus (“unknown”), from in- (“not”) + cognitus (“known”), perfect passive participle of cognoscere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nk???ni?to?/, IPA^(key): /??n?k??nito?/
• Rhymes: -i?t??

Adjective

incognito (not comparable)

1. Without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise.

Usage notes

This term is said especially of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.

Translations

Adverb

incognito (not comparable)

1. Without revealing one's identity.
   • May 19, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 17

     The prince royal of Prussia came thither incognito.

Translations

Noun

incognito (countable and uncountable, plural incognitos)

1. One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
2. The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.

Anagrams

• cognition

French

Etymology

From Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?.?i.to/

Adjective

incognito

1. incognito

Adverb

incognito (plural incognitos)

1. incognito

Noun

incognito m (plural incognitos)

1. incognito

Further reading

• “incognito” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

incognito (feminine incognita, masculine plural incogniti, feminine plural incognite)

1. unknown
2. (archaic) unaware; ignorant

Derived terms

• incognitamente

Noun

incognito m (plural incogniti)

1. incognito

Related terms

• incognita

Latin

Adjective

incognit?

1. dative masculine singular of incognitus
2. dative neuter singular of incognitus
3. ablative masculine singular of incognitus
4. ablative neuter singular of incognitus

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?d?n, IPA^(key): /?h?d(?)n/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?dn/

• Rhymes: -?d?n

Verb

hidden

1. past participle of hide

Adjective

hidden (comparative more hidden, superlative most hidden)

1. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
2. Obscure. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:hidden

Antonyms

• See Thesaurus:hidden

Derived terms

• hidden tax

Translations

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German huoten, from Proto-Germanic *h?dijan?. Cognate with German hüten, Dutch hoeden, and English heed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hiden/, [?hid?n]
• Rhymes: -id?n

Verb

hidden (third-person singular present hitt, past participle gehitt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to tend, to mind, to look after

Conjugation