different between misrepresent vs camouflage
misrepresent
English
Etymology
mis- +? represent
Verb
misrepresent (third-person singular simple present misrepresents, present participle misrepresenting, simple past and past participle misrepresented)
- To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
- The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.
Derived terms
- misrepresentation
Translations
Further reading
- misrepresent at OneLook Dictionary Search
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camouflage
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)
- A disguise or covering up.
- The act of disguising.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- (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.
- (biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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).
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