camel

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæməl/
• Rhymes: -æməl
• Hyphenation: ca‧mel

Etymology 1

From Middle English camel, through Old English camel and Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal), Hebrew גמל (gamál) and Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā).

Noun

camel (plural camels)

1. A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.

   Synonym: (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) oont

   Hypernym: camelid

   Hyponyms: Bactrian camel, dromedary

   Coordinate terms: llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna, vicuña; more at Category:en:Camelids
2. A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).

3. Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.
4. (ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory, slang) A person of Middle Eastern origin.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Coeur d'Alene: keemel
• → Eastern Arrernte: kamule
• → Tsonga: kamela

Translations

Adjective

camel (not comparable)

1. Of a light brown color like that of a camel.

Descendants

• → Spanish: cámel

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans kameel.

Noun

camel (plural camels)

2. (South Africa, obsolete) Synonym of giraffe

Further reading

• camel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Malec, calme, macle

Middle English

Alternative forms

• camelle, kamel, kamell, camell, cammel, camayle, camaile, camaille, cameylle, camele
• (From Central Old French) chamel, chamayle, schamelle, chamelle, chamell, chamoil

Etymology

From Old Northern French camel, cameil, from Latin camēlus. Some forms are from or influenced by Old French chamel, chamoil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkamɛl/, /kaˈmɛːl/, /kaˈmæi̯l/
• (From Central Old French) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃamɛl/, /t͡ʃaˈmɛːl/, /t͡ʃaˈmæi̯l/

Noun

camel (plural cameles)

1. camel (mammal of the genus Camelus)

Descendants

• English: camel
• Scots: camel

References

• “camē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-1.

Old French

Etymology

See chamel.

Noun

camel oblique singular, m (oblique plural cameus, nominative singular cameus, nominative plural camel)

1. (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) camel

Tocharian B

Etymology

An action noun from täm- (“be born”). Compare Tocharian A cmol.

Noun

camel n

1. birth, rebirth