camion

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 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 […]

Anagrams

• Camino, Monica, anomic, conima, manioc

Etymology

Borrowed from French camion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

camion m (plural camions, diminutive camionnetje n)

1. (Belgium) lorry; truck

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/

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

Noun

camion m (plural camions)

1. lorry (UK); truck (US)

Further reading

• “camion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• manioc

Etymology

Borrowed from French camion.

Noun

camion m (invariable)

1. lorry (British)
2. truck (US)

Anagrams

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French camion.

Noun

camion n (plural camioane)

1. lorry, truck