Meanings
noundeath mask (plural death masks)
plural death masks
- A plaster or similar cast of a person's face after death.
The cave, abandoned long ago by shepherds, is draped with weird symbols, death masks, amulets and gargoyles.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 68
Translations
Arabic قناع الموت
- قناع الموتa plaster or similar cast
Basque hil mozorro
- hil mozorroa plaster or similar cast
Catalan màscara mortuòria
- màscara mortuòriaa plaster or similar cast
Czech posmrtná maska
- posmrtná maskaa plaster or similar cast
Dutch dodenmasker
- dodenmaskera plaster or similar cast
Esperanto mortmasko
- mortmaskoa plaster or similar cast
Estonian surimask
- surimaska plaster or similar cast
Finnish kuolinnaamio
- kuolinnaamioa plaster or similar cast
French masque mortuaire, masque funéraire
- masque mortuairea plaster or similar cast
- masque funérairea plaster or similar cast
German Totenmaske
- Totenmaskea plaster or similar cast
Greek νεκρική μάσκα
- νεκρική μάσκα (nekrikí máska)a plaster or similar cast
Hungarian halotti maszk
- halotti maszka plaster or similar cast
Icelandic helgríma
- helgrímaa plaster or similar cast
Indonesian topeng kematian
- topeng kematiana plaster or similar cast
Italian maschera mortuaria
- maschera mortuariaa plaster or similar cast
Japanese デスマスク, 死面
- デスマスク (desumasuku)a plaster or similar cast
- 死面 (shimen)a plaster or similar cast
Korean 데스마스크
- 데스마스크 (deseumaseukeu)a plaster or similar cast
Norwegian dødsmaske
- dødsmaskea plaster or similar cast
Persian ماسک مرگ
- ماسک مرگa plaster or similar cast
Polish maska pośmiertna
- maska pośmiertnaa plaster or similar cast
Portuguese máscara mortuária
- máscara mortuáriaa plaster or similar cast
Romanian mască mortuară
- mască mortuarăa plaster or similar cast
Russian посме́ртная ма́ска
- посме́ртная ма́ска (posmértnaja máska)a plaster or similar cast
Slovak posmrtna maska
- posmrtna maskaa plaster or similar cast
Spanish máscara mortuoria
- máscara mortuoriaa plaster or similar cast
Swedish dödsmask
- dödsmaska plaster or similar cast
Ukrainian посмертна маска
- посмертна маска (posmertna maska)a plaster or similar cast
Cite this entry
APA
death mask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20mask
MLA
“death mask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20mask. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death mask,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20mask.
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