камуфле́т
rare #39147
nouncountable
- 1.
unpleasant surprise, setback, fiasco, nasty turn of events
Э́то был для нас настоя́щий камуфле́т.
That was a real setback for us.
Colloquial and somewhat dated; often of an unexpected blow or embarrassing mishap.
- 2.
(rare) camoufletmilitary
Сапёры устро́или камуфле́т под укрепле́нием проти́вника.
The sappers set off a camouflet under the enemy fortification.
Technical term in mining and military engineering.
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Contributions
Iron edited translation 6 days ago.
Lucian edited word type and stress 6 years ago.
