camoufler

French

Etymology

Most likely from camouflet, a borrowing from Italian camuffare (“to hide, to disguise”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.mu.fle/

Verb

camoufler

to camouflage (hide, disguise)

Conjugation

Conjugation of camoufler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		camoufler			avoir camouflé
gerund		en camouflant			en ayant camouflé
present participle		camouflant /ka.mu.flɑ̃/
past participle		camouflé /ka.mu.fle/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	camoufle /ka.mufl/	camoufles /ka.mufl/	camoufle /ka.mufl/	camouflons /ka.mu.flɔ̃/	camouflez /ka.mu.fle/	camouflent /ka.mufl/
	imperfect	camouflais /ka.mu.flɛ/	camouflais /ka.mu.flɛ/	camouflait /ka.mu.flɛ/	camouflions /ka.mu.fli.jɔ̃/	camoufliez /ka.mu.fli.je/	camouflaient /ka.mu.flɛ/
	past historic¹	camouflai /ka.mu.fle/	camouflas /ka.mu.fla/	camoufla /ka.mu.fla/	camouflâmes /ka.mu.flam/	camouflâtes /ka.mu.flat/	camouflèrent /ka.mu.flɛʁ/
	future	camouflerai /ka.mu.flə.ʁe/	camoufleras /ka.mu.flə.ʁa/	camouflera /ka.mu.flə.ʁa/	camouflerons /ka.mu.flə.ʁɔ̃/	camouflerez /ka.mu.flə.ʁe/	camoufleront /ka.mu.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	camouflerais /ka.mu.flə.ʁɛ/	camouflerais /ka.mu.flə.ʁɛ/	camouflerait /ka.mu.flə.ʁɛ/	camouflerions /ka.mu.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	camoufleriez /ka.mu.flə.ʁje/	camoufleraient /ka.mu.flə.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	camoufle /ka.mufl/	camoufles /ka.mufl/	camoufle /ka.mufl/	camouflions /ka.mu.fli.jɔ̃/	camoufliez /ka.mu.fli.je/	camouflent /ka.mufl/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	camouflasse /ka.mu.flas/	camouflasses /ka.mu.flas/	camouflât /ka.mu.fla/	camouflassions /ka.mu.fla.sjɔ̃/	camouflassiez /ka.mu.fla.sje/	camouflassent /ka.mu.flas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	camoufle /ka.mufl/	—	camouflons /ka.mu.flɔ̃/	camouflez /ka.mu.fle/	—
¹literary tenses

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