camo
See also: ĉamo
English
Etymology
From camouflage, by shortening.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæ.moʊ/
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.
- Short for camouflage.
Translations
pattern
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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.
Derived terms
- camo up
References
- “camo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- AMOC, OAMC, coma, maco
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cāmus, from Doric Ancient Greek κᾱμός (kāmós) (Attic κημός (kēmós)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.mo/
- Rhymes: -amo
- Hyphenation: cà‧mo
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, lines 142–144, page 215:
- 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."
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Further reading
- camo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- coma, macò, moca
Latin
Noun
cāmō
- dative/ablative singular of cāmus