kameel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kameel, from Middle Dutch camêel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɪə̯l/

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Noun

kameel (plural kamele)

1. camel
2. (obsolete) giraffe

   Synonym: kameelperd

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch camêel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic language. The form kemel (with stress on the initial syllable), the earliest attested form of the word in Middle Dutch which survived into early Modern Dutch, presumably represents an earlier borrowing from Latin or Greek, with i-umlaut, as if from Proto-West Germanic *kamīl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːˈmeːl/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧meel
• Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

kameel m (plural kamelen, diminutive kameeltje n)

1. camel (Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus; animal of the genus Camelus)

   Synonym: kemel

   Een kameel kan lange afstanden afleggen zonder water.

   A camel can travel long distances without water.

   De kameel draagt zware lasten door de woestijn.

   The camel carries heavy loads across the desert.

   Ze reed op een kameel tijdens haar vakantie in Egypte.

   She rode a camel during her vacation in Egypt.

Derived terms

• kamelenmelk
• kamelenrace
• kamelenteelt
• renkameel
• schaapkameel
• scheepskameel

 

Related terms

• kameelpaard

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kameel
  • → English: camel (South Africa)
• Negerhollands: kameel
• → Papiamentu: kamel, kameel