different between cameo vs camouflage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cammeo, from Medieval Latin camaeus, of unknown origin. The movie sense is short for “cameo role” referring to a famous person who was playing no character, but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch — a low-relief carving of a person’s head or bust — the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. More recently, it has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæm.i?.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæm.i.o?/

Noun

cameo (plural cameos or cameoes)

1. A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
2. A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.

Translations

Verb

cameo (third-person singular simple present cameos, present participle cameoing, simple past and past participle cameoed)

1. To appear in a cameo role.

Anagrams

• Meaco, comae

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cameo, from Italian cammeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?m?.o/

Noun

cameo m (plural camei)

1. cameo (short appearance)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cameo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?meo/, [ka?me.o]

Noun

cameo m (plural cameos)

1. cameo (short appearance)

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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 molaw?n (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *fell? (“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 *maww? (“sleeve”) + *fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fell? (“skin, film, fleece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ.m??fl???/
• Hyphenation: cam?ou?flage

Noun

camouflage (countable and uncountable, plural camouflages)

1. A disguise or covering up.
2. The act of disguising.
3. (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. (biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
6. Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.

Derived terms

• camo (by abbreviation)

Related terms

• camoufleur

Translations

Verb

camouflage (third-person singular simple present camouflages, present participle camouflaging, simple past and past participle camouflaged)

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

Derived terms

• camo

Translations

References

Further reading

• • camouflage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • camouflage on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French camouflage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.mu?fla?.??/
• Hyphenation: ca?mou?fla?ge
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

camouflage f (plural camouflages)

1. camouflage [from mid 1910s]

Derived terms

• camouflagekleur

Related terms

• camoufleren

Descendants

• ? West Frisian: kamûflaazje

French

Etymology

camoufler (“disguise, to hide”) +? -age (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mu.fla?/

Noun

camouflage m (plural camouflages)

1. camouflage

Descendants

• ? English: camouflage
• ? German: Camouflage
• ? Greek: ????????? n (kamoufláz)
• ? Russian: ????????? (kamufljáž) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “camouflage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).