chameau
French
Etymology
From Middle French chameau, from Old French chamel, inherited from Vulgar Latin *camellus, a variant of Classical Latin camēlus (which would have yielded *chamoil).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.mo/
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Noun
chameau m (plural chameaux, feminine chamelle)
- (male) camel
Derived terms
Derived terms
- chameau de Bactriane
- chamelée
- chamelet
- chamelier
- chamellerie
- chamelon
- sobre comme un chameau
Further reading
- “chameau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French chamel.
Noun
chameau m (plural chameaux)
- camel
Descendants
- French: chameau