Kamerun
English
Proper noun
Kamerun
- (historical) An African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of the modern Republic of Cameroon.
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kameɾun/ [ka.me.ɾũn]
- Rhymes: -eɾun, -un
- Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run
Proper noun
Kamerun inan
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| indefinite | |
|---|---|
| absolutive | Kamerun |
| ergative | Kamerunek |
| dative | Kameruni |
| genitive | Kamerunen |
| comitative | Kamerunekin |
| causative | Kamerunengatik |
| benefactive | Kamerunentzat |
| instrumental | Kamerunez |
| innesive | Kamerunen |
| locative | Kamerungo, Kameruneko |
| allative | Kamerunera |
| terminative | Kameruneraino |
| directive | Kamerunerantz |
| destinative | Kamerunerako |
| ablative | Kamerundik, Kamerunetik |
| partitive | Kamerunik |
| prolative | Kameruntzat |
Derived terms
- kamerundar (“Cameroonian”)
Further reading
- “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkamɛrun]
Proper noun
Kamerun m inan (relational adjective kamerunský, demonym Kamerunec)
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kamerun |
| genitive | Kamerunu |
| dative | Kamerunu |
| accusative | Kamerun |
| vocative | Kamerune |
| locative | Kamerunu |
| instrumental | Kamerunem |
Further reading
- “Kamerun”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Kamerun”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Kamerun”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Estonian
Proper noun
Kamerun
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Finnish
Etymology
From Portuguese Camarões.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑmerun/, [ˈkɑ̝me̞run]
- Rhymes: -ɑmerun
- Syllabification(key): Ka‧me‧run
- Hyphenation(key): Ka‧me‧run
Proper noun
Kamerun
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| Inflection of Kamerun (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kamerun | — | |
| genitive | Kamerunin | — | |
| partitive | Kamerunia | — | |
| illative | Kameruniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kamerun | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kamerun | — |
| gen. | Kamerunin | ||
| genitive | Kamerunin | — | |
| partitive | Kamerunia | — | |
| inessive | Kamerunissa | — | |
| elative | Kamerunista | — | |
| illative | Kameruniin | — | |
| adessive | Kamerunilla | — | |
| ablative | Kamerunilta | — | |
| allative | Kamerunille | — | |
| essive | Kamerunina | — | |
| translative | Kameruniksi | — | |
| abessive | Kamerunitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kamerun n (proper noun, genitive Kameruns or (optionally with an article) Kamerun)
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Related terms
See also
- Ägypten
- Algerien
- Angola
- Äquatorialguinea
- Äthiopien
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Demokratische Republik Kongo
- Dschibuti
- Elfenbeinküste
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Gabun
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kap Verde
- Kenia
- Komoren
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyen
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokko
- Mauretanien
- Mauritius
- Mosambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republik Kongo
- Ruanda
- Sambia
- Senegal
- Seychellen
- Sierra Leone
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Südafrika
- Sudan
- Südsudan
- São Tomé und Príncipe
- Tansania
- Togo
- Tschad
- Tunesien
- Uganda
- Zentralafrikanische Republik
Further reading
- “Kamerun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒmɛrun]
- Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run
- Rhymes: -un
Proper noun
Kamerun
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa; official name: Kameruni Köztársaság)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kamerun | — |
| accusative | Kamerunt | — |
| dative | Kamerunnak | — |
| instrumental | Kamerunnal | — |
| causal-final | Kamerunért | — |
| translative | Kamerunná | — |
| terminative | Kamerunig | — |
| essive-formal | Kamerunként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Kamerunban | — |
| superessive | Kamerunon | — |
| adessive | Kamerunnál | — |
| illative | Kamerunba | — |
| sublative | Kamerunra | — |
| allative | Kamerunhoz | — |
| elative | Kamerunból | — |
| delative | Kamerunról | — |
| ablative | Kameruntól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Kameruné | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Kamerunéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Kamerunom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Kamerunod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Kamerunja | — |
| 1st person plural | Kamerununk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Kamerunotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Kamerunjuk | — |
Derived terms
- kameruni
See also
- Algéria
- Angola
- Benin
- Bissau-Guinea
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Comore-szigetek
- Csád
- Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
- Dél-Szudán
- Dzsibuti
- Egyenlítői-Guinea
- Egyiptom
- Elefántcsontpart
- Eritrea
- Etiópia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghána
- Guinea
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
- Kongói Köztársaság
- Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
- Lesotho
- Libéria
- Líbia
- Madagaszkár
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokkó
- Mauritánia
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namíbia
- Niger
- Nigéria
- Ruanda
- Seychelle-szigetek
- Sierra Leone
- São Tomé és Príncipe
- Szenegál
- Szomália
- Szudán
- Szváziföld
- Tanzánia
- Togo
- Tunézia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Zöld-foki Köztársaság
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch Kameroen, from Portuguese Rio dos Camarões (“river of prawns”), a name given to the Wouri river estuary, in 1472 by the sailors of the Portuguese explorer Fernão do Pó, camarão itself is from Latin cammarus (“lobster”), from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros, “a kind of lobster or shrimp”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kaˈmɛrun/ [kaˈmɛ.rʊn]
- Rhymes: -ɛrun
- Syllabification: Ka‧me‧run
Proper noun
Kamèrun
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
- Synonym: Cameroon (Malay)
Noun
Kamèrun (plural Kamerun-Kamerun or para Kamerun)
Adjective
Kamèrun (comparative lebih Kamerun, superlative paling Kamerun)
See also
- Afrika Selatan
- Aljazair
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cad
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Etiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Khatulistiwa
- Guinea-Bissau
- Jibuti
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Komoro
- Lesoto
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Maroko
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mesir
- Mozambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pantai Gading
- Republik Afrika Tengah
- Republik Demokratik Kongo
- Republik Kongo
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome dan Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Selatan
- Tanjung Verde
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Further reading
- “Kamerun”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Kamerun
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Kamerun
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈmɛ.run/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrun
- Syllabification: Ka‧me‧run
Proper noun
Kamerun m inan (related adjective kameruński)
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kamerun |
| genitive | Kamerunu |
| dative | Kamerunowi |
| accusative | Kamerun |
| instrumental | Kamerunem |
| locative | Kamerunie |
| vocative | Kamerunie |
Derived terms
See also
- Algieria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Czad
- Demokratyczna Republika Konga
- Dżibuti
- Egipt
- Erytrea
- Eswatini
- Etiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gwinea
- Gwinea Bissau
- Gwinea Równikowa
- Kamerun
- Kenia
- Komory
- Kongo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libia
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Maroko
- Mauretania
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Południowa Afryka
- Republika Środkowoafrykańska
- Republika Zielonego Przylądka
- Rwanda
- Sahara Zachodnia
- Senegal
- Seszele
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Południowy
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunezja
- Uganda
- Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
- Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Further reading
- Kamerun in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâmeruːn/
- Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run
Proper noun
Kȁmerūn m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ка̏мерӯн)
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kamerun |
| genitive | Kameruna |
| dative | Kamerunu |
| accusative | Kamerun |
| vocative | Kamerune |
| locative | Kamerunu |
| instrumental | Kamerunom |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /káːmɛrun/
Proper noun
Kȃmerun m inan
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kámerun | |
| genitive | Kámeruna | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Kámerun | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Kámeruna | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Kámerunu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Kámerun | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Kámerunu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Kámerunom | |
Related terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Kamerun
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
See also
- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamɛˈrʉːn/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Kamerun n (genitive Kameruns)
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Related terms
See also
- Algeriet
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Centralafrikanska republiken
- Demokratiska republiken Kongo
- Djibouti
- Egypten
- Ekvatorialguinea
- Elfenbenskusten
- Eritrea
- Etiopien
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kap Verde
- Kenya
- Komorerna
- Kongo-Brazzaville
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyen
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marocko
- Mauretanien
- Mauritius
- Moçambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé och Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychellerna
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Sydafrika
- Sydsudan
- Tanzania
- Tchad
- Togo
- Tunisien
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Further reading
- Kamerun in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kameˈɾun/ [kɐ.mɛˈɾʊn̪]
- Rhymes: -un
- Syllabification: Ka‧me‧run
Proper noun
Kamerún (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜒᜇᜓᜈ᜔)
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Kamerun
- Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kamerun |
| accusative | Kamerun'u |
| dative | Kamerun'a |
| locative | Kamerun'da |
| ablative | Kamerun'dan |
| genitive | Kamerun'un |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Kamerun'um | Kamerunlarım |
| senin (your) | Kamerun'un | Kamerunların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Kamerun'u | Kamerunları |
| bizim (our) | Kamerun'umuz | Kamerunlarımız |
| sizin (your) | Kamerun'unuz | Kamerunlarınız |
| onların (their) | Kamerun'u | Kamerunları |
See also
- Angola
- Batı Sahra
- Benin
- Botsvana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cezayir
- Cibuti
- Çad
- Ekvator Ginesi
- Eritre
- Esvatini
- Etiyopiya
- Fas
- Fildişi Sahili
- Gabon
- Gambiya
- Gana
- Gine
- Gine-Bissau
- Güney Afrika
- Güney Sudan
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Komorlar
- Kongo Cumhuriyeti
- Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
- Lesotho
- Liberya
- Libya
- Madagaskar
- Malavi
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Mısır
- Moritanya
- Mozambik
- Namibya
- Nijer
- Nijeria
- Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
- Ruanda
- Senegal
- Seyşeller
- Sierra Leone
- Somali
- Sudan
- São Tomé ve Príncipe
- Tanzanya
- Togo
- Tunus
- Uganda
- Yeşil Burun
- Zambiya
- Zimbabve