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See also:cámel,camèl,andCamel

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishcamel, throughOld Englishcamel andOld Northern Frenchcamel (Old Frenchchamel, modernFrenchchameau), fromLatincamēlus, fromAncient Greekκάμηλος(kámēlos), from aSemitic source, ultimately fromProto-Semitic*gamal-; compareArabicجَمَل(jamal),Hebrewגמל(gamál),Aramaicܓܡܠܐ(gamlā),Copticϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ(camoul). As a marine device, fromDutch. As an ethnic slur, short forcamelfucker,camel jockey, etc.

Noun

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camel (pluralcamels)

  2. Amammalianbeast of burden, much used indesert areas, of the genusCamelus.
    Synonyms:(India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial)oont,ship of the desert
    Hypernyms:camelid,beast of burden,retromingent
    Hyponyms:Bactrian camel,deloul,dood,dromedarian,dromedary,hajeen,mehari
    Coordinate terms:bray,camlet,dromedarist,hajjan,hooshta,kajawah,mahmal,nose line,nose peg,sarwan,water bag,water cell;see alsoCategory:en:Camelids
  3. A lightbrownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
    camel: 
  4. (typically in theplural) Avessel ortank,typicallypaired,used tomake anobjectmorebuoyant.
    Synonym:caisson
    • 1961 April, H. Flint Ranney, "Whaling and Nantucket–The Decline: The Civil War, Petition to Congress, and theCamels",Historic Nantucket, Vol. 8, No. 4, p. 59:
      Nantucket Island is probably the only place in the United States wherecamels were put to work to solve the problem created by a sandbar. They were Marinecamels, and like their live namesake, they were of a rugged construction and were designed to do very heavy work. In the shape of two large wooden boxes, thecamels were flooded with sea water until they sank to a low level in the water; they were then arranged on each side of a heavily-loaded ship and drawn tightly together around the ship by means of heavy chains passing under the ship's hull. As the sea water was pumped out of thecamels, they rose up to a higher level, raising the ship between them, and when fully emptied thecamels and the ship were towed across the bar easily and safely because of the lesser draft. First used in Holland as early as 1688, thecamels were invented by one M. M. Bakker, who named them for their great strength. The Dutch used them to carry large ships over thePampas, which was a passage between two sandbanks in theZyder Zee, opposite the mouth of the River Y, and about six miles from the city ofAmsterdam. The Russians adopted the idea and usedcamels for carrying ships over the shoals atNeva...
  5. (ethnicslur) A person of Middle Eastern origin.
  6. (chess) Afairy chess piece that is moved three squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
    • 2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, inMayhematics‎[2], page 9:
      The fers andcamel can reach all the cells of one colour. The others are more restricted; the dummy cannot move at all, and the commuter can only move back and forth between two cells.
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Translations
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beast of burden

Adjective

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camel (notcomparable)

  1. Of a light brown color like that of a camel.
    • 1999,New Woman, volume29, page212:
      […] 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 acamel hat and black gloves.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromAfrikaanskameel.

Noun

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camel (pluralcamels)

  2. (South Africa, obsolete)Synonym ofgiraffe.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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FromOld Northern Frenchcamel,cameil, fromLatincamēlus. Some forms are from or influenced byOld Frenchchamel,chamoil.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkamɛl/,/kaˈmɛːl/,/kaˈmæi̯l/
  • (From Central Old French)IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃamɛl/,/t͡ʃaˈmɛːl/,/t͡ʃaˈmæi̯l/

Noun

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camel (pluralcameles)

  1. camel(mammal of the genusCamelus)

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Norman

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FromOld Frenchcamel.

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Noun

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camel m (pluralcamiaux)

  1. camel

Old French

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Etymology

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Seechamel.

Noun

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cameloblique singular, m (oblique pluralcameus,nominative singularcameus,nominative pluralcamel)

  1. (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman)camel

Tocharian B

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Etymology

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An action noun fromtäm-(“be born”). CompareTocharian Acmol.

Noun

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camel n

  1. birth,rebirth
    alyekcmelne ṣpä ñäkcye cmetsi śaiṣṣene
    and to be born in the divine world in another birth
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