camouflage

camouflage

Couverture ou déguisement qui rend une personne ou une chose difficile à voir ou à reconnaître.

En anglais simple : A covering or disguise that makes someone or something difficult to see or recognize.

• The soldiers wore camouflage.
• Its green skin provides excellent camouflage among leaves.
• His cheerful smile was camouflage for his fear.

Synonymes : disguise, concealment

Expressions courantes : wear camouflage, natural camouflage, camouflage clothing

camouflage, dissimulation

Action de modifier l’apparence pour rendre une personne ou une chose difficile à voir ou à reconnaître.

En anglais simple : The process of changing an appearance to make someone or something difficult to see or recognize.

• Camouflage helped them escape detection.
• The camouflage of the vehicles required paint and branches.
• Animals use camouflage to avoid being eaten.

Comment l'utiliser : camouflage of something (The camouflage of the camp took several hours.)

Synonymes : concealment, disguising

Expressions courantes : camouflage of something, use of camouflage, skillful camouflage

camoufler

Modifier ou couvrir quelque chose pour qu’il se fonde dans son environnement et soit difficile à voir.

En anglais simple : To change or cover something so that it blends into its surroundings and is hard to see.

• They camouflage their tents with leaves.
• The vehicle was camouflaged with green paint.
• Can you camouflage the camera among those branches?

Comment l'utiliser : camouflage something with something (They camouflaged the truck with branches.); camouflage something as something (They camouflaged the entrance as a pile of rocks.)

Synonymes : disguise, conceal, hide

Expressions courantes : camouflage something, camouflage yourself, camouflage with something