Meanings
plural camions
- A truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance.
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 […]
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 12
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)keng-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰengʰ-der.?
- Proto-Celtic*kengeti?
- Proto-Celtic*kanxsman
- Gaulish*kamman
- Early Medieval Latincammīnus
- Old Frenchchemin
- Middle Frenchchemin
- Frenchcheminder.?
- Ancient Greekχαμουλκός (khamoulkós)
- Latinchamūlcusder.?
- Frenchcamion
- Englishcamion
Borrowed from French camion.
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Cite this entry
camion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camion
“camion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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