camelin
French, noun\ka.mə.lɛ̃\
camelin is spelled C-A-M-E-L-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camelin is a French masculine noun meaning “camlet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Drap de laine fine, à double face, primitivement fait de poils de chameau ou de chèvre, mêlés de laine et de…”.
What does camelin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
camel
noun
- 1
masculinecamlet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient au chameau.
noun: 1. Drap de laine fine, à double face, primitivement fait de poils de chameau ou de chèvre, mêlés de laine et de soie.
adjective: 1. Variante de camelin.
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 camelin
- cameline feminine
- camelins masculine plural
- camelines feminine plural
- camélin
- camélins plural masculine
- caméline singular feminine
- camélines plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camelin?
- \ka.mə.lɛ̃\
- \ka.me.lɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is camelin in French?
camelin appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).