French Conversation · Level 17
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French word
camouflage
Pronunciation
IPA/kamuflaʒ/
Meaning
- masculine nouncamouflage
Example
Les soldats utilisent le camouflage pour se cacher.
The soldiers use camouflage to hide.
More examples
Elle porte un pantalon de camouflage pour la chasse.
She wears camouflage pants for hunting.
Core concept
A covering or pattern makes a visible subject merge with its background instead of standing out against it.
Common phrases
camouflage militaire
military camouflage
pantalon de camouflage
camouflage pants
motif de camouflage
camouflage pattern
Similar words
motif: A repeated pattern appearing on fabric or another surface.
dessin: A picture or design made with lines and shapes.
Definition in French
Désigne un motif ou un procédé visant à dissimuler un être ou un objet en le rendant peu visible par rapport à son milieu.
Word origin
The noun camouflage comes from French camoufler, itself borrowed from Italian camuffare, with the French suffix -age forming the name of the process.
Usage tips
- The final -age in camouflage is pronounced like the sound in the English word measure, not like the English word age.
Other meanings
- concealmentnoun
- disguisenoun
Opposites
- expositionexposurenoun
- révélationrevelationnoun
Related words
- camouflercamouflageverb
- camouflécamouflagedadjective
- camouflablecamouflageableadjective