camion

Borrowed from French camion.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkamɪən/

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camion (plural camions)

1. A truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 12:

     There were small gray motor cars that passed going very fast; usually there was an officer on the seat with the driver and more officers in the back seat. They splashed more mud than the camions even […]

• Camino, MINOCA, Monica, anicom, anomic, conima, manioc

Borrowed from French camion.

• IPA^(key): /kaːmˈjɔn/, /ˌkaː.miˈɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧on
• Rhymes: -ɔn

camion m (plural camions, diminutive camionnetje n)

1. (Belgium) lorry; truck

• truck
• vrachtauto
• vrachtwagen

• camionette

Unknown origin, however, most likely early 19th century. Possibly from chemin (“way, route”), see Spanish camino, or from Latin chamūlcus (“chariot”), from Ancient Greek χᾰμουλκός (khămoulkós, “crane, windlass, or possibly other machine”), from χθών (khthṓn, “earth, ground”) +‎ ἑλκέω (helkéō, “I drag”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.mjɔ̃/

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• (Marseille) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.jɔ̃/
• (Toulouse) IPA^(key): /ka.mi.ɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -jɔ̃

camion m (plural camions)

1. lorry (UK); truck (US)

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

• manioc

• camio
• camione

Unadapted borrowing from French camion.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.mjon/
• Rhymes: -amjon
• Hyphenation: cà‧mion

camion m (invariable)

1. lorry (British), truck (US)

• camion in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Monica, camino, cimano, macino, macinò, manico, monaci, monica, nomica

Borrowed from French camion.

• IPA^(key): /ka.miˈon/

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camion n (plural camioane)

1. lorry, truck

• “camion”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025