camel

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See also: cámel, camèl, and Camel

English

A Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus
A convoy of camels in the Jordan Rift Valley

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæməl/
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  • 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).
    camel:  
  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.
    • 1999, New Woman, volume 29, page 212:
      […] try to select accessories that are in the same color family as your coat," says millinery designer Patricia Underwood. To pick up the weave of a brown tweed jacket, for instance, choose a camel hat and black gloves.
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans kameel.

Noun

camel (plural camels)

  2. (South Africa, obsolete) Synonym of giraffe

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

References

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
    alyek cmelne ṣpä ñäkcye cmetsi śaiṣṣene
    and to be born in the divine world in another birth
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