camel
See also: cámel, camèl, and Camel
English
A Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus
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A convoy of camels in the Jordan Rift Valley
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæməl/
Audio (Australia) (file) Audio (GA) (file) - 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)
- A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
- Synonym: (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) oont
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
- Returne our Mules and emptie Camels backe,
That we may trauell into Siria, […]
- A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
- camel:
- Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.
Coordinate terms
- (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña (Category: en:Camelids)
Derived terms
- a camel is a horse designed by a committee
- a camel is a horse made by a committee
- a camel is a horse made by committee
- Arabian camel
- Bactrian camel
- camelback
- camel case
- CamelCase
- camel clutch
- camel driver
- cameleer
- cameleopard
- camelestrian
- camel flu
- camel-hair brush
- camel jockey
- camel-jockey
- camel meat
- camelopard
- camel rider
- camelry
- camel spider
- camel through the eye of a needle
- camel toe
- dromedary camel
- it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
- lower camel case
- milch camel
- milk camel
- one-camel town
- sleep camel
- upper camel case
- young camel
Related terms
- camelopard
- ship of the desert
Descendants
- → Coeur d'Alene: keemel
- → Eastern Arrernte: kamule
- → Tsonga: kamela
Translations
beast of burden
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See also
- alpaca
- arabian
- bray
- dromedary
- guanaco
- hump
- llama
- vicuña
Adjective
camel (not comparable)
- 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.
- 1999, New Woman, volume 29, page 212:
Descendants
- → Spanish: cámel
Etymology 2
From Afrikaans kameel.
Noun
camel (plural camels)
- (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/, /kamˈɛːl/, /kamˈɛi̯l/
- (From Central Old French) IPA(key): /ˈtʃamɛl/, /tʃamˈɛːl/, /tʃamˈɛi̯l/
Noun
camel (plural cameles)
- 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 m (oblique plural cameus, nominative singular cameus, nominative plural camel)
- (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) camel
Tocharian B
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Tocharian A cmol.
Noun
camel ?
- birth