noun, masculine/mask/plural: masques
mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection); ellipsis of masque de grossesse
Etymology tree Late Latin mascara Latin *mascra Proto-Indo-European *mesgʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *mosgo-der. Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ Proto-West Germanic *maskābor. Latin masca Italian mascherabor. French masque Borrowed from Italian maschera. More at English mask.