cameline
French, noun/kam.lin/
cameline is spelled C-A-M-E-L-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cameline is a French feminine noun meaning “camelina (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Camelina sativa plante de la famille des Brassicacées– anciennement nommées Crucifères –, dont…”.
What does cameline mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecamelina (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel de Camelina sativa plante de la famille des Brassicacées– anciennement nommées Crucifères –, dont les graines fournissent une huile au taux d'acides gras oméga-3 très élevé (plus de 45 %) et utilisée en cuisine, en cosmétique, en peinture, comme combustible, dans la fabrication du savon noir, etc.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de cameline.
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 cameline
- camelines plural
- caméline
- camélines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cameline?
- /kam.lin/
- \kam(ə).lin\
- \ka.me.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cameline in French?
cameline appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).