camo
See also: ĉamo
English
Etymology
From camouflage, by shortening
Pronunciation
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Noun
camo (countable and uncountable, plural camos)
- (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.
- Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
Translations
clothes
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Verb
camo (third-person singular simple present camos, present participle camoing, simple past and past participle camoed)
- (informal) To camouflage.
- (informal) To put on camouflage clothing.
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin cāmus, from Doric Ancient Greek κᾱμός (kāmós) (Attic κημός (kēmós)).
Pronunciation
Noun
camo m (plural cami) (obsolete)
- muzzle
- (figuratively) (moral) restraint
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XIV, page 215, lines 142–144:
- Già era l'aura d'ogne parte queta; ¶ ed el mi disse: «Quel fu 'l duro camo ¶ che dovria l'uom tener dentro a sua meta. […] »
- Already on all sides the air was quiet; ¶ and said he to me: "That was the hard curb ¶ that ought to hold a man within his bounds."
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) cāmō
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