"chameleon" meaning in All languages combined

See chameleon on Wiktionary

Noun [angličtina]

IPA: [kəˈmiːlɪən] Forms: cameleon [alternative, obsolete], chameleons [nominative, plural]
  1. chameleon
    Sense id: cs-chameleon-en-noun-71jvPB4y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chameleonic

Noun [čeština]

IPA: [xamɛlɛɔn]
Forms: chameleón [alternative], chameleoni [nominative, plural], chameleonové [nominative, plural], chameleona [genitive, singular], chameleonů [genitive, plural], chameleonu [dative, singular], chameleonovi [dative, singular], chameleonům [dative, plural], chameleona [accusative, singular], chameleony [accusative, plural], chameleone [vocative, singular], chameleoni [vocative, plural], chameleonové [vocative, plural], chameleonu [locative, singular], chameleonovi [locative, singular], chameleonech [locative, plural], chameleonem [instrumental, singular], chameleony [instrumental, plural]
  1. ještěr s proměnlivou barvou těla z čeledi chameleonovitých
    Sense id: cs-chameleon-cs-noun-6E4mNnGB Topics: biology
  2. člověk, jenž mění postoj ve svůj prospěch podle situace Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: cs-chameleon-cs-noun-lJ3qQ7DD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chameleónský Translations (ještěr): chameleon (angličtina), caméléon [masculine] (francouzština), camaleón [masculine] (galicijština), זִקִּית [feminine] (hebrejština), camaleonte [masculine] (italština), chamaeleon (latina), Chamäleon [neuter] (němčina), kameleon [masculine] (polština), camaleão [masculine] (portugalština), chameléon [masculine] (slovenština) Translations (člověk měnící názory): chameleon (angličtina), Chamäleon [neuter] (němčina)
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    "Přes starofrancouzské caméléon a latinské chamaeleon odvozeno z řeckého chaméleon, složeniny slov chamé — „na zemi“, jenž má protoindoevropský kořen *dhghem- — „země“ (srovnej např. anglické chthonic) a leon — „lev“, snad s odkazem na podobnost hřebínku na hlavě některých druhů chameleonů se lví hřívou."
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      "word": "chameleon"
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      "sense": "ještěr",
      "sense_index": 1,
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      "sense": "ještěr",
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      "form": "chameleonové",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "chameleona",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "chameleonů",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "chameleonu",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "chameleonovi",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "chameleonům",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "chameleona",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "chameleony",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "chameleone",
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        "vocative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "chameleoni",
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        "vocative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "chameleonové",
      "tags": [
        "vocative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chameleonu",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chameleonovi",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chameleonech",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chameleonem",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "chameleony",
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        "plural"
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    }
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      "word": "chameleon"
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      "sense": "ještěr",
      "sense_index": 1,
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      ],
      "word": "caméléon"
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      "sense": "ještěr",
      "sense_index": 1,
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "זִקִּית"
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      "word": "camaleonte"
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      "sense": "ještěr",
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      "word": "chamaeleon"
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      "lang": "němčina",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "ještěr",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Chamäleon"
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      "lang": "polština",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "ještěr",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kameleon"
    },
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      "lang": "portugalština",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "ještěr",
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      "word": "camaleão"
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      "lang": "slovenština",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "ještěr",
      "sense_index": 1,
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      "word": "chameléon"
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "člověk měnící názory",
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      "word": "chameleon"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "člověk měnící názory",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Chamäleon"
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