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10 Language-to-English DictionariesTarnung
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Tarnung
"Die Tarnung des Tieres schützt es vor Feinden."
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The use of materials, colors, or concealment for hiding objects or animals from view.
"The soldiers wore green camouflage to blend into the jungle."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed from French camouflage, from camoufler 'to disguise', perhaps from Italian camuffare 'to disguise, hoax'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Camouflage" is said worldwide
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camouflage
Transliteration: camouflage
"Le soldat utilise un camouflage pour se cacher."
Tarnung
Transliteration: Tarnung
"Die Tarnung des Tieres schützt es vor Feinden."
mimetizzazione
Transliteration: mimetizzazione
"La mimetizzazione dell'insetto è perfetta."
camuflaje
Transliteration: camuflaje
"El camuflaje del leopardo lo hace invisible en la hierba."
camuflagem
Transliteration: camuflagem
"A camuflagem do camaleão muda de cor."
छmಾವรଣ
Transliteration: chhadmaavaran
Script: छadmavaran
"सैनिक ने अपने छmಾವrಣ का उपयोग किया।"
伪装
Transliteration: wěizhuāng
"这只动物的伪装非常好。"
위장
Transliteration: wijang
"군인들은 완벽한 위장을 했다."
迷彩
Transliteration: meisai
"動物の迷彩は自然の驚異だ。"
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