came
French, noun
came is spelled C-A-M-E (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Came is a French feminine noun meaning “cam (part of engine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of camer. With an accent, camé is a different word: “drugged; junkie”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organe mécanique permettant de transformer un mouvement de rotation en mouvement de translation ou de…”.
What does came mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecam (part of engine)
noun
- 1
femininestuff, trinket
- 2
feminineslangdope, gear, stuff (any narcotic drug), originally cocaine
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
drugged; junkie
verb
- 1
past participle of camer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organe mécanique permettant de transformer un mouvement de rotation en mouvement de translation ou de rotation.
noun: 1. Cocaïne ou toute autre drogue. 2. Marchandise de mauvaise qualité.
noun: 1. Briquet artisanal.
noun: 1. Coquillage marin vivant dans le corail. Ces mollusques lamellibranches étaient très représentés au crétacé, actuellement il ne reste qu'une espèce.
adjective: 1. Qui est sous l’emprise d’une drogue.
noun: 1. Celui qui se came.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of came
- cames plural
- camée feminine
- camés masculine plural
- camées feminine plural
- chame
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to came
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is came in French?
came appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).