camion
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkamɪən/
Noun
camion (plural camions)
- A truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 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 […]
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 12:
Dutch
Pronunciation
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French
Etymology
Unknown origin, however, most likely early 19th century. Possibly from chemin (“way, route”), see Spanish camino, or from Latin chamūlcus (“cart”), from Ancient Greek χᾰμουλκός (khamoulkós, “crane, windlass, or possibly other machine”), from χθών (khthṓn, “earth, ground”) + ἑλκέω (helkéō, “I drag”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.mjɔ̃/
audio (file) - (Marseille) IPA(key): /ka.mi.jɔ̃/
- (Toulouse) IPA(key): /ka.mi.ɔŋ/
- Rhymes: -jɔ̃
Derived terms
Derived terms
- camion benne
- camionnette
- camionneur
- camion plateau
- camion poubelle
Descendants
Further reading
- “camion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
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Romanian
Declension
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