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Italian
Etymology
Probably from ca- (pejorative prefix) + Medieval Latin muffula (817, Carolingian), a Germanic borrowing from dialectal Old High German or Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”), from *mol (“softened, forworn”) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“tender, soft”) + *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Compare modern Dutch moffel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.mufˈfa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ca‧muf‧fà‧re
Verb
camuffàre (first-person singular present camùffo, first-person singular past historic camuffài, past participle camuffàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to disguise
- (transitive) to hide
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Further reading
- camuffare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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