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camouflage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree French camoufler Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French camouflageubor. English camouflage Unadapted borrowing from French camouflage, from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteration (due to camouflet (“smoke blown in one's face”)) of Italian camuffare (“to muffle the head”), from ca- (from Italian capo (“head”)) + muffare (“to muffle”), from Medieval Latin muffula, muffla (“muff”). This Medieval Latin, from which there is also English muffle, is either derived from a Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”), or, an alternate etymology traces it to a Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) composed of *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”) + *fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A disguise or covering up.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of disguising.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
    • Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background. 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
  6. (countable, uncountable) Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.

Forms

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camouflages Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

camouflanguage · camouflage net · camo · camouflage discipline · Camotint · active camouflage · camouflage tree · anticamouflage · camouflage passport · immunocamouflage · spamouflage · dazzle camouflage · camouflagic

Relateds

camoufleur

Translations (140)

mi whakatārehutanga (act of disguising) · ru маскиро́вка (act of disguising) · sv kamouflagekläder (clothes) · de Tarnmuster (pattern) · nb beskyttelseslikhet (biology) · pl maskowanie (act of disguising) · hu mimikri (biology) · mi whakatūrehutanga (act of disguising) · ja 迷彩 (disguise) · fi maastopuku (clothes) · sk kamufláž (act of disguising) · fi naamiointi (act of disguising) · gl camuflaxe (disguise) · pl kamuflaż (disguise) · sv kamouflage (biology) · nb kamuflasjedrakt (clothes) · id kamuflase (disguise) · tr kılık değiştirme (disguise) · ja 保護色 (biology) · ca camuflament (disguise) · fi naamiointi (military) · tr kamuflaj (clothes) · hu álcázás (military) · cs převlek (disguise) · pl kolor ochronny (disguise) · nb vernelikhet (biology) · hu leplezés (act of disguising) · cs převlečení (disguise) · pl kolor ochronny (military) · pt camuflagem (biology) · de Tarnung (disguise) · de Tarnen (act of disguising) · id samaran (disguise) · bg маскировка (disguise) · pl barwa ochronna (disguise) · nb kamuflasje (military) · cs maskování (pattern) · cs maska (disguise) · de Tarnen (military) · gl camuflaxe (military) · ja 迷彩服 (clothes) · pt camuflagem (disguise) · ga duaithníocht (act of disguising) · gl camuflaxe (biology) · pl barwa ochronna (act of disguising) · pl kamuflaż (military) · ro camuflaj (disguise) · cmn 迷彩服 (clothes) · th ลายพราง (clothes) · de Tarnung (military) · fr camouflage (military) · sk kamufláž (disguise) · id kamuflase (act of disguising) · hu rejtőzködés (act of disguising) · cy ffugliw (disguise) · ca camuflament (act of disguising) · ca camuflament (military) · fi suojaväritys (biology) · id penyamaran (act of disguising) · it mimetizzazione (military) · nb mimikry (biology) · de Camouflage (military) · da sløring (military) · nb forkledning (disguise) · de Tarnmaterial (disguise) · hu terepminta (pattern) · ka კამუფლაჟი (military) · ko 보호색 (biology) · nb kamuflasje (biology) · cmn 迷彩 (pattern) · bg маскиране (act of disguising) · ru маскиро́вка (military) · ht kamouflaj (biology) · eo kamuflo (military) · ru камуфля́ж (act of disguising) · cs zamaskování (military) · ga duaithníocht (disguise) · ar تَمْوِيه (disguise) · fi naamiointi (disguise) · ja 迷彩 (pattern) · it camuffaggio (act of disguising) · pl kolor ochronny (act of disguising) · hu álcázóanyag (disguise) · cs maskáče (clothes) · sv kamouflage (military) · de Tarnung (biology) · ru камуфля́ж (military) · sv maskering (military) · gl camuflaxe (act of disguising) · hu álcázás (biology) · cmn 保護色 /保护色 (biology) · nb kamuflasjeuniform (clothes) · nb forkledning (act of disguising) · fi valeasu (disguise) · cs maskování (act of disguising) · hy կամուֆլյաժ (military) · bg камуфлаж (military) · hu kamuflázs (biology) · sv kamouflage (pattern) · hu terepmintás ruha (clothes) · pl barwa ochronna (military) · tr kamuflaj (pattern) · tr kılık değiştirme (act of disguising) · pt camuflagem (act of disguising) · ru маскиро́вка (disguise) · fr camouflage (act of disguising) · cs mimikry (biology) · fi maastokuvio (pattern) · fr camouflage (biology) · ro camuflare (act of disguising) · tr kamuflaj (biology) · th ลายพราง (pattern) · el καμουφλάζ (biology) · ko 위장복 (clothes) · cs předstírání (disguise) · ru камуфля́ж (disguise) · eo kamufli (act of disguising) · cy cuddliw (disguise) · nb kamuflasje (pattern) · cs maskování (military) · hu álcaháló (disguise) · pt camuflagem (military) · tr kamuflaj (military) · hu álcázás (act of disguising) · cs kamufláž (military) · ko 미채 (pattern) · cs kamufláž (pattern) · de Tarnanzug (clothes) · da camouflage (military) · el καμουφλάζ (military) · hu kamuflázs (disguise) · hy ներկաքողարկում (military) · fr déguisement (disguise) · hu álca (disguise) · nb kamuflering (military) · fa استتار (disguise) · hu terepszínű egyenruha (clothes) · ca camuflament (pattern) · sk kamufláž (military) · ca camuflament (biology)

camouflage en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree French camoufler Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French camouflageubor. English camouflage Unadapted borrowing from French camouflage, from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteration (due to camouflet (“smoke blown in one's face”)) of Italian camuffare (“to muffle the head”), from ca- (from Italian capo (“head”)) + muffare (“to muffle”), from Medieval Latin muffula, muffla (“muff”). This Medieval Latin, from which there is also English muffle, is either derived from a Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”), or, an alternate etymology traces it to a Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) composed of *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”) + *fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing its appearance.
    • THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. A gaudy jacket, remarkably out of keeping with the contents, camouflages the weightiest and meatiest work on a railway topic since the war. 1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:
    • Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost. 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 250–251:

Forms

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camouflages Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
camouflaged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
camouflaged Tense=Past lexicographic
camouflaging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

camouflageable · camo · camouflager

Translations (33)

lb camoufléieren (hide, disguise) · hu álcáz (hide, disguise) · ru замаскирова́ть (hide, disguise) · mi whakatārehu (hide, disguise) · ga duaithnigh (hide, disguise) · fr camoufler (hide, disguise) · eu kamuflatu (hide, disguise) · id berkamuflase (hide, disguise) · it camuffare (hide, disguise) · ru камуфли́ровать (hide, disguise) · mi whakatūrehu (hide, disguise) · nb kamuflere (hide, disguise) · nb maskere (hide, disguise) · de tarnen (hide, disguise) · da sløre (hide, disguise) · ru маскирова́ть (hide, disguise) · es camuflajear (hide, disguise) · ca camuflar (hide, disguise) · ro camufla (hide, disguise) · he הסווה (hide, disguise) · ru закамуфли́ровать (hide, disguise) · sv maskera (hide, disguise) · es camuflar (hide, disguise) · fi naamioida (hide, disguise) · nl camoufleren (hide, disguise) · id menyamar (hide, disguise) · gl camuflar (hide, disguise) · da camouflere (hide, disguise) · cy cuddliwio (hide, disguise) · sv kamouflera (hide, disguise) · pl maskować (hide, disguise) · bg замаскирвам (hide, disguise) · pt camuflar (hide, disguise)