kamper

• kamfer (nonstandard)

Borrowed from Dutch kamfer, from German Kampfer, from French camphre, from Middle French champore, from Old French camphore, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Ancient Greek καμφορά (kamphorá), from Old Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫 (kʾp̄wl /⁠kāpūr⁠/), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpūra), from Pali kappūra, from Old Malay [script needed] (kapur), from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapur from Proto-Austronesian *qapur (“lime; calcium”). Reborrowing of Indonesian kapur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.pər/
• Rhymes: -pər
• Hyphenation: kam‧pêr

kampêr

1. (organic chemistry) camphor (a white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy)
2. camphor tree
   1. an aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia (Cinnamomum camphora, Camphora officinarum) grown as a shade tree as well as for timber and camphor
   2. any wood that is produced from this tree

• “kamper”, 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

kamper m

1. indefinite plural of kamp

Borrowed from English camper.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.pɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ampɛr
• Syllabification: kam‧per

kamper m inan

1. camper, campervan, motor home, recreational vehicle

• kamper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kamper in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kamper

1. indefinite plural of kamp