camelot

See also: Camelot

English

Noun

camelot (countable and uncountable, plural camelots)

1. Alternative form of camlet

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French

FWOTD – 6 April 2015

Etymology

From cameloter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam.lo/

• Audio:

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Noun

camelot m (plural camelots)

1. street vendor, peddler, hawker
   • 2008, Jacques Vergès, Journal: la passion de défendre, Rocher, page 85:

     Mardi 5 avril: un camelot vend une voiture d’occasion à un client qui ne sait pas conduire

     Tuesday, April 5: a hawker sells a used car to a customer who doesn’t know how to drive

Further reading

• “camelot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• colmate, colmaté