camion

See also: Camion and camión

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French camion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkamɪən/

Noun

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 […]

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French camion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːmˈjɔn/, /ˌkaː.miˈɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧on
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

camion m (plural camions, diminutive camionnetje n)

1. (Belgium) lorry; truck

Synonyms

• truck
• vrachtauto
• vrachtwagen

Related terms

• camionette

French

Etymology

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 (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

Noun

camion m (plural camions)

1. lorry (UK); truck (US)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• camion benne
• camionner
• camionnette
• camionneur
• camion plateau
• camion poubelle
• tombé du camion

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: камион (kamion)
• → Dutch: camion
• → English: camion
• → Galician: camión
• → Hungarian: kamion
• → Italian: camion
• → Luxembourgish: Camion
• → Macedonian: камион (kamion)
• → Moore: kamiyõ
• → Occitan: camion
• → Portuguese: camião
  • Macanese: camiám
• → Brazilian Portuguese: caminhão
  • → Hunsrik: Kamiong
• → Romanian: camion
• → Serbo-Croatian: kamìōn/камѝо̄н
• → Sicilian: camiu, camiuni
• → Slovene: kamion
• → Spanish: camión
• → Switzerland German: Camion
• → Turkish: kamyon
• → Persian: کامیون (kâmiyon)
• → Vietnamese: cam nhông

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• manioc

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French camion.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

camion m (invariable)

1. lorry (British), truck (US)

Related terms

• camionabile
• camionale
• camioncino
• camionetta
• camionista

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French camion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.miˈon/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

camion n (plural camioane)

1. lorry, truck

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	camion	camionul		camioane	camioanele
genitive-dative	camion	camionului		camioane	camioanelor
vocative	camionule			camioanelor

Further reading

• camion in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)