kamfer

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: kam‧fer

Noun

kamfer m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) camphor

Descendants

• → Caribbean Hindustani: kapur
• → Indonesian: kamper
• → Papiamentu: kanfer

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam̪.fər/
• Rhymes: -fər
• Hyphenation: kam‧fêr

Noun

kamfêr

1. nonstandard form of kamper.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr).

Noun

kamfer m or n (definite singular kamferen or kamferet, uncountable)

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) camphor

References

• “kamfer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kamfer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr).

Noun

kamfer m or n (definite singular kamferen or kamferet, uncountable)

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) camphor

References

• “kamfer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

kamfer c

1. (chemistry, pharmacology) camphor

Declension

Declension of kamfer

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kamfer	kamfers
	definite	kamfern	kamferns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• kamferkista
• kamferträ