camelle
French, noun/ka.mɛl/
camelle is spelled C-A-M-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camelle is a French feminine noun meaning “salt heap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tas de sel d’environ vingt mètres de hauteur”.
What does camelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalt heap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tas de sel d’environ vingt mètres de hauteur. 2. Récipient utilisé autrefois pour livrer le sel chez les utilisateurs
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 camelle
- camelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camelle?
- /ka.mɛl/
- \ka.mɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is camelle in French?
camelle appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).