different between camouflage vs ruse

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 Middle English r?se (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin rec?s?re, from rec?s? (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”).

The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ro?oz, IPA^(key): /?u?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?uz/
• Rhymes: -u?z
• Homophones: roos, rues

Noun

ruse (countable and uncountable, plural ruses)

1. (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
2. (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.

   Synonym: stratagem
3. (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.

Related terms

• ruse de guerre
• recuse

Translations

Verb

ruse (third-person singular simple present ruses, present participle rusing, simple past and past participle rused)

1. (intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
2. (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, US'er, rues, suer, sure, ures, user

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish ruse, from the same root as German Reuse (“fish-trap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru?s?/, [??o?s?]

Noun

ruse c (singular definite rusen, plural indefinite ruser)

1. fish-trap

Inflection

Esperanto

Etymology

rusa (“Russian”) +? -e (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.se/

Adverb

ruse

1. in the Russian language
2. in the manner of a Russian person

Related terms

• rusa (“Russian”)
• Rusio (“Russia”)
• ruso (“a Russian person”)

French

Etymology

From ruser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yz/

Noun

ruse f (plural ruses)

1. (uncountable) cunning, guile
2. ruse, trick

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rues, suer, sure, sûre, user

Middle English

Verb

ruse

1. (Northern) Alternative form of rosen (“to boast”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??s?/

Etymology 1

Possibly from a Celtic word, from Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic *r?skos (“bark”), possibly from earlier *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewk- (“to dig, till (soil)”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir, rise, quarrel”) or *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out, open, acquire”).

Cognate with Danish ruse (“fish trap”), Swedish ryssja (“fish trap”) and German Reuse (“fish trap”).

Noun

ruse f or m (definite singular rusa or rusen, indefinite plural ruser, definite plural rusene)

1. fish trap

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past rusa or ruset or ruste, past participle rusa or ruset or rust, present participle rusende)

1. to rev an engine
2. to rush

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past and past participle rusa or ruset, present participle rusende)

1. (reflexive) To use illegal drugs
2. to intoxicate

References

• “ruse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ruse

1. Alternative form of rusa

Old French

Etymology

Probably based on Latin rursus (“backwards”)

Noun

ruse f (oblique plural ruses, nominative singular ruse, nominative plural ruses)

1. evasive movements of a pursued animal
2. (by extension) trickery
3. (by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
4. (by extension) lie; untruth

Descendants

• ? English: ruse
• French: ruse

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.s?/

Adjective

ruse

1. inflection of rusy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ruse/

Adjective

ruse f pl or n pl

1. feminine plural of rus
2. neuter plural of rus