kamuflasje

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A Volkswagen Transporter van in use by the Irish Reserve Defence Force. The van is painted in Woodland pattern camouflage.

Etymology

From French camouflage, from camoufler (“to camouflage”), from camouflet, from Italian camuffare (“to hide”), from ca- + Medieval Latin muffula, a Germanic borrowing from Old High German or Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”), from Proto-West Germanic *mol (“softened”) and *fell (“hide”), from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”), and Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamʉˈflɑːʃə/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːʃə
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mu‧fla‧sje

Noun

kamuflasje m (definite singular kamuflasjen, indefinite plural kamuflasjer, definite plural kamuflasjene)

  1. (chiefly military) camouflage (the use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy)
    Synonym: kamuflering
    Kamuflasje av militære anlegg.
    Camouflage of military installations.
  2. (military, textiles) camouflage (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)
    • 2009, Arnfinn Haga, Skyggen:
      de krøp oppover bakkene med busker til kamuflasje og skjøt med trepropp
      they crawled up the slopes with bushes for camouflage and shot with wooden plugs
  3. (figuratively) a camouflage, disguise or cover-up (an action, utterance or conduct which serves to hide one's real purpose, meaning or disposition)
    • 1988, Knut Faldbakken, Bad boy:
      hennes klebrige, selvopptatte omsorg som bare er en tynn kamuflasje over det faktum at hun klamrer seg fast og ikke vil slippe taket i gutten sin
      her sticky, self-absorbed care that is just a thin camouflage over the fact that she clings and does not want to let go of her boy
  4. (biology) a camouflage (resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection)
    Synonyms: beskyttelseslikhet, mimikry, vernelikhet

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Etymology

From French camouflage.

Noun

kamuflasje m (definite singular kamuflasjen, indefinite plural kamuflasjar, definite plural kamuflasjane)

  1. camouflage

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