deceive

English

Alternative forms

deceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deceyven, desayven, dissayven, from Old French decever, decevoir, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈsiːv/
Hyphenation: de‧ceive
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)

(transitive) To trick or mislead.
- 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
  I know—for Death, who comes for me
  From regions of the blest afar,
  Where there is nothing to deceive,
  Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]
- 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:
  Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”

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Translations

trick or mislead

Albanian: këndis, mashtroj (sq)
Arabic: خَدَعَ (ḵadaʕa), غَشَّ (ar) (ḡašša), غَرَّ (ḡarra)
Egyptian Arabic: غَشّ (ḡašš)
Armenian: խաբել (hy) (xabel), մոլորեցնել (hy) (molorecʻnel)
Azerbaijani: aldatmaq (az)
Belarusian: падма́нваць impf (padmánvacʹ), падману́ць pf (padmanúcʹ)
Breton: touellañ (br), doganiñ (br)
Bulgarian: ма́мя (bg) impf (mámja), изма́мвам (bg) impf (izmámvam)
Burmese: ဖြားယောင်း (my) (hpra:yaung:)
Catalan: enganyar (ca), decebre (ca)
Cebuano: limbong
Chinese:
Mandarin: 欺騙 / 欺骗 (zh) (qīpiàn), 欺詐 / 欺诈 (zh) (qīzhà)
Czech: klamat, oklamat (cs) pf
Danish: bedrage
Dutch: misleiden (nl), bedriegen (nl)
Esperanto: trompi
Estonian: petma, tüssama
Finnish: huijata (fi), pettää (fi), johtaa harhaan
French: tromper (fr), leurrer (fr), séduire (fr)
Galician: enganar (gl), embelecar
Gallurese: ruigní
Georgian: მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba)
German: betrügen (de), täuschen (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn), 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (uslutōn)
Greek: εξαπατώ (el) (exapató)
Ancient: ἀπατάω (apatáō), δολιόω (dolióō), ἀπαφίσκω (apaphískō) (Epic)
Hebrew: רִמָּה (he) (rimmá), הוֹנָה (he) (honá)
Hindi: धोखा देना (dhokhā denā)
Hungarian: becsap (hu), megtéveszt (hu), (colloquial) átver (hu)
Icelandic: blekkja (is)
Ido: trompar (io)
Italian: ingannare (it)
Japanese: 騙す (ja) (だます, damasu), 欺く (ja) (あざむく, azamuku)
Kabuverdianu: enbaladu
Kapampangan: pirayit
Kazakh: алдау (aldau)
Khmer: កំភូត (km) (kɑmphuut), ក្បត់ (km) (kbɑt), ឆ (km) (chɑɑ), បង្វែង (km) (bɑngvaeng), បញ្ឆោត (km) (bɑñchaot), បំពោត (km) (bɑmpoot)
Korean: 속이다 (ko) (sogida)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xapandin (ku)
Kyrgyz: алдоо (ky) (aldoo)
Lao: ຫລອກລວງ (lǭk lūang)
Latin: mentior (la), decipiō (la), fallō, calvor
Latvian: apmānīt, maldināt
Ligurian: illüde
Lithuanian: klaidinti
Luganda: okulimba, okuwayiriza
Macedonian: измамува impf (izmamuva), измами pf (izmami)
Maore Comorian: uɗanganya
Maori: tuapeka, nuka, tinihanga, mākoi, kōpeka
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: залилах (mn) (zalilax)

Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠯᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (ǰalilaqu)
Nepali: छक्याउनु (chakyāunu)
Ngazidja Comorian: uhaɗaya
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bedra (no)
Old English: beswīcan
Oromo: gowoomsuu
Persian: فریب دادن (fa) (farib dâdan), فریفتن (fa) (fariftan) (bookish)
Polish: oszukiwać (pl) impf, oszukać (pl) pf
Portuguese: enganar (pt)
Romanian: înșela (ro), amăgi (ro)
Romansch: trumpar
Russian: обма́нывать (ru) impf (obmányvatʹ), обману́ть (ru) pf (obmanútʹ)
Sanskrit: गर्धयते (gardhayate)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: ingiriai

Logudorese: inghiriare, trampàre
Sassarese: inturrià
Scottish Gaelic: meall
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: nasamarívati (sh) impf, nasamáriti (sh) pf
Slovak: klamať impf, oklamať pf
Slovene: goljufati impf, ogoljufati pf
Southern Altai: алда- (alda-)
Spanish: engañar (es), decebir (es) (obsolete), meter la yuca (South America), meter el dedo (America), embaír (es), descrestar (es)
Swedish: bedra (sv), lura (sv)
Tagalog: lokohin, linlangin, dayain
Tajik: фиреб додан (fireb dodan), фирефтан (fireftan)
Tamil: ஏமாற்று (ta) (ēmāṟṟu)
Telugu: దగాచేయు (dagācēyu), మోసగించు (te) (mōsagiñcu)
Thai: หลอก (th) (lɔ̀ɔk), โกง (th) (goong), หลอกลวง (th) (lɔ̀ɔk-luuang)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kandırmak (tr), ayartmak (tr), aldatmak (tr), üçkağıda getirmek (informal)
Turkmen: aldamak (tk)
Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: обма́нювати impf (obmánjuvaty), обману́ти pf (obmanúty)
Urdu: دھوکہ دینا (dhokhā denā)
Uyghur: ئالدىماق (aldimaq)
Uzbek: aldamoq (uz)
Vietnamese: lừa (vi), lừa bịp (vi), bịp (vi), lừa dối (vi)
Zazaki: xapeynen