camo

English

Etymology

From camouflage, by shortening.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.moʊ/

Noun

camo (countable and uncountable, plural camos)

1. (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.
2. Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
3. Short for camouflage.

Translations

Verb

camo (third-person singular simple present camos, present participle camoing, simple past and past participle camoed)

1. (transitive, informal) To camouflage.
2. (intransitive, informal) To put on camouflage clothing.

Derived terms

• camo up

References

• “camo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• AMOC, OAMC, coma, maco

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cāmus, from Doric Ancient Greek κᾱμός (kāmós) (Attic κημός (kēmós)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: cà‧mo

Noun

camo m (plural cami) (obsolete)

1. muzzle
2. (figurative) (moral) restraint
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XIV, page 215, lines 142–144:

     Già era l'aura d'ogne parte queta; ¶ ed el mi disse: «Quel fu 'l duro camo ¶ che dovria l'uom tener dentro a sua meta. […] »

     Already on all sides the air was quiet; and said he to me: "That was the hard curb that ought to hold a man within his bounds."

Further reading

• camo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• coma, macò, moca

Latin

Noun

cāmō

1. dative/ablative singular of cāmus