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English
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A Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus
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A convoy of camels in the Jordan Rift Valley
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkæməl/
Audio (General Australian): (file) Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -æməl
- Hyphenation: ca‧mel
Etymology 1
[edit]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), Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā), Coptic ϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ (camoul).
Noun
[edit]camel (plural camels)
- 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
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; 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, […]
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel.
- 1907, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter IV, in The Explorer[1]:
- As sometimes happens in countries of small civilisation, a leader arose from among the Arabs. None knew from where he sprang, and it was said that he had been a camel driver.
- 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.
- (ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory, slang) A person of Middle Eastern origin.
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
- anticamel
- Arabian camel
- Bactrian camel
- cama
- camelback
- camelbacked
- CamelCase
- camel case
- camel clutch
- camel driver
- cameleer
- cameleopard
- camelestrian
- camel flu
- camelfucker
- camel-hair brush
- camelish
- camelize
- camel-jockey
- camel jockey
- Camel League
- camellike
- camelman
- camel meat
- cameloid
- camelopard
- camelpox
- camel rider
- camelry
- camelshair
- camel spider
- camelthorn
- 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]beast of burden
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Adjective
[edit]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.
Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: cámel
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]camel (plural camels)
- (South Africa, obsolete) Synonym of giraffe
Further reading
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Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- camelle, kamel, kamell, camell, cammel, camayle, camaile, camaille, cameylle, camele
- (From Central Old French) chamel, chamayle, schamelle, chamelle, chamell, chamoil
Etymology
[edit]From Old Northern French camel, cameil, from Latin camēlus. Some forms are from or influenced by Old French chamel, chamoil.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkamɛl/, /kaˈmɛːl/, /kaˈmæi̯l/
- (From Central Old French) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃamɛl/, /t͡ʃaˈmɛːl/, /t͡ʃaˈmæi̯l/
Noun
[edit]camel (plural cameles)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “camē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-1.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See chamel.
Noun
[edit]camel oblique singular, m (oblique plural cameus, nominative singular cameus, nominative plural camel)
Tocharian B
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An action noun from täm- (“be born”). Compare Tocharian A cmol.
Noun
[edit]camel n
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