different between camouflage vs pretext

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).

English

Etymology

From French prétexte, from Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetextus, past participle of praetexere (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?t?kst/
• Hyphenation: pre?text

Noun

pretext (plural pretexts)

1. A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pretext

Translations

Verb

pretext (third-person singular simple present pretexts, present participle pretexting, simple past and past participle pretexted)

1. To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.

   The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.

Synonyms

• blag (UK)

Translations

See also

• Social engineering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• pretext in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pretext in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

From French prétexte.

Noun

pretext n (plural pretexte)

1. pretext

Declension