cameline

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin camelinus.

Adjective[edit]

cameline (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to camels.
  2. Resembling a camel.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English camelyn, camelyne, camlyn, chamelyn, kamelyn, kamelyne, from Anglo-French camelin and Continental French chamelin.[1]

Noun[edit]

cameline (countable and uncountable, plural camelines)

  1. Synonym of camlet

References[edit]

  1. ^ camelīn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French cameline, kameline, with haplology, borrowed from Latin chamaemelina, feminine of chamaemelinus, adjective based on chamaemelon; related to camomille.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

cameline f (plural camelines)

  1. camelina (plant)

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