camo
See also: ĉamo
English edit
Etymology edit
From camouflage, by shortening.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
- Short for camouflage.
Translations edit
pattern
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clothes
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Verb edit
camo (third-person singular simple present camos, present participle camoing, simple past and past participle camoed)
- (transitive, informal) To camouflage.
- (intransitive, informal) To put on camouflage clothing.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “camo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cāmus, from Doric Ancient Greek κᾱμός (kāmós) (Attic κημός (kēmós)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
camo m (plural cami) (obsolete)
- muzzle
- (figurative) (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."
Further reading edit
- camo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin edit
Noun edit
cāmō