kamfer

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: kam‧fer

Noun

kamfer m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) camphor

Descendants

• → Caribbean Hindustani: kapur
• → Indonesian: kamper
• → Papiamentu: kanfer

Indonesian

Noun

kamfêr (first-person possessive kamferku, second-person possessive kamfermu, third-person possessive kamfernya)

1. alternative spelling of kamper (“camphor (tree)”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr).

Noun

kamfer m or n (definite singular kamferen or kamferet, uncountable)

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) camphor

References

• “kamfer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kamfer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr).

Noun

kamfer m or n (definite singular kamferen or kamferet, uncountable)

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) camphor

References

• “kamfer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

kamfer c

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) camphor

Declension

Declension of kamfer
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kamfer	kamfern	—	—
Genitive	kamfers	kamferns	—	—

Related terms

• kamferkista
• kamferträ