camouflage
A disguise or covering upA disguise or covering up.
» Tom usually wears a camouflage jacket.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A disguise or covering up.
Tarnmaterial, Tarnung
камуфля́жkamufljáž, маскиро́вкаmaskiróvka
(countable, uncountable)The act of disguising.
Tarnen
камуфля́жkamufljáž, маскиро́вкаmaskiróvka
the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
(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.
Tarnen, Tarnung, Camouflage
камуфля́жkamufljáž, маскиро́вкаmaskiróvka
(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.
Tarnmuster
(countable, uncountable)The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
Tarnung
(countable, uncountable)Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
Tarnanzug
Examples
27 sentencesTom usually wears a camouflage jacket.
Tom is wearing a camouflage jacket.
Tom was wearing a camouflage jacket.
ruТом был в камуфляжной куртке. — marafon
Most of the soldiers wore camouflage uniforms.
Most of the soldiers were wearing camouflage uniforms.
deDie meisten Soldaten trugen Tarnanzüge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 5
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French camouflage, from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteratiUnadapted 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”).
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Forms
plural: camouflages| Singular | camouflage |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background:camo
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance:disguise
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something:disguise
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable