Camouflage

See also Camouflage

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæ.mə.ˌflɑːʒ/, /ˈkæ.mŏ.ˌflɑːʒ/
• Hyphenation: cam‧ou‧flage

Etymology

French camoufler (“‘to veil, disguise’”), alteration (due to camouflet "to blow smoke 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’”), of Template:Gem[[Category:Template:Gem derivations|Camouflage]] origin, from Template:Frk[[Category:Template:Frk derivations|Camouflage]] *molfell (“‘soft garment made of hide’”) from *mol (“‘softened, forworn’”) (akin to Old High German molawēn "to soften", Template:Gmh molwic "soft") + *fell (“‘hide, skin’”) from Proto-Germanic *fillan (“‘skin, film, fleece’”) from Proto-Indo-European *pel(e)(w)-, plē(w)- (“‘skin, hide’”). Akin to Old High German fel (“‘fell, skin, hide’”), Old English fell (“‘fell, skin, hide’”). Alternate etymology traces the Italian and Medieval Latin words to Template:Gmh[[Category:Template:Gmh derivations|Camouflage]] [[mouwe#Template:Gmh|mouwe, mōwe]] (“‘sleeve’”) (German Muff "muff", Dutch mouw "sleeve") from Proto-Germanic *mauvō (“‘sleeve’”) + fell "skin". More at mulch, fell.

Noun

Singular Camouflage

Plural {{{1}}}

Camouflage ({{{1}}})

1. A disguise or covering up.
2. The act of disguising.
3. Template:Military The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
4. (textiles) 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. (clothing) Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.

Derived terms

• camo

Translations

Camouflage

Albanian: maskim; maskimnë ushtri Basque: kamuflaje Bulgarian: камуфлаж (kamuflaž) m.; маскировка (maskirovka) f. Catalan: camuflatge m. Croatian: kamuflaža f. Czech: kamufláž m.; maskování; zamaskování; zastírání m. Danish: camouflage; sløring c. Dutch: camouflage m.; maskeren n.; verhulling f. Estonian: kamuflaaž; maskeering French: camouflage m.; déguisement m. German: Tarnung de(de) f. Greek: καμουφλάζ el(el) (kamoufláz) n. Hebrew: הסוואה he(he) (hasva'á) f. Hindi: छद्यावरण Hungarian: álcázás hu(hu) Icelandic: dulbúningur m.; dulklæði n. pl. Indonesian: kamuflase id(id) Irish: duaithníocht f. Italian: camuffamento it(it) m.

Japanese: カモフラージュ (kamufurāju); 擬装 (ぎそう, gisō) Latvian: kamuflāža f. Lithuanian: kamufliažas Malay: penyamaran Norwegian: kamuflasje no(no) m. Polish: kamuflaż m., maskowanie n. Portuguese: camuflagem f. Romanian: camuflaj n. Russian: камуфляж (kamufljáž) m.; маскировка (maskiróvka) f.; переряжение (pererjažénije) n. Serbian: камуфлажа (kamuflaža) f. Slovak: kamufláž m.; maskovanie n.; zastieranie n. Spanish: camuflaje es(es) m. Swahili: kamaflaji; majificho Swedish: kamouflage c. Telugu: చాటు, ముసుగు Turkish: kamuflaj tr(tr) Vietnamese: sự nguỵ trang Welsh: cuddliw m.

Verb

Infinitive to Camouflage

Third person singular camouflag

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle es

to Camouflage (third-person singular simple present camouflag, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)

1. To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.

Derived terms

• camo

Translations

hide, disguise

Basque: kamuflatu Bulgarian: замаскирвам bg(bg) Danish: camouflere; sløre Dutch: camoufleren nl(nl) Finnish: naamioida fi(fi) French: camoufler fr(fr)

German: tarnen de(de) Hebrew: הסווה he(he) (hisvá) Hungarian: álcáz hu(hu) Polish: maskować pl(pl) Spanish: camuflar es(es), camuflajear es(es)

References

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