cameline

English

Etymology 1

From Latin camelinus.

Adjective

cameline (not comparable)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

cameline (countable and uncountable, plural camelines)

  1. Synonym of camlet.

References

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

cameline f (plural camelines)

  1. camelina (plant)

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