"camphor" meaning in English

See camphor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæmfɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkæmfə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-camphor.wav [US] Forms: camphors [plural]
Etymology: From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), in turn from an Austronesian word such as Malay kapur. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|camphore}} Old French camphore, {{der|en|ML.|camphora}} Medieval Latin camphora, {{der|en|ar|كَافُور}} Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), {{der|en|map}} Austronesian, {{der|en|ms|kapur}} Malay kapur Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} camphor (countable and uncountable, plural camphors)
  1. (organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy. Wikipedia link: camphor Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Translations (white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone): kapur (Acehnese), كَافُور (kāfūr) (Arabic), կամֆորա (kamfora) (Armenian), քափուր (kʻapʻur) (Armenian), ка́мфара (kámfara) [feminine] (Belarusian), ка́мфора (kámfora) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ပရုတ် (pa.rut) (Burmese), càmfora [feminine] (Catalan), کافوور (kafûr) (Central Kurdish), 樟腦 (Chinese Mandarin), 樟脑 (zhāngnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), kamfor [masculine] (Cornish), kafr [masculine] (Czech), kamfer [common-gender] (Danish), ކާފޫރު (kāfūru) (Dhivehi), kamfer [masculine] (Dutch), kamforo (Esperanto), kamfur [neuter] (Faroese), kamferi (Finnish), camphre [masculine] (French), Kampfer [masculine] (German), Campher [masculine] [scientific, sciences] (German), καμφορά (kamforá) [feminine] (Greek), કપૂર (kapūr) (Gujarati), kafur (Hausa), קַמפוֹר (Hebrew), कपूर (kapūr) [masculine] (Hindi), kámfor (Hungarian), kamfóra [feminine] (Icelandic), kapur barus (Indonesian), kamper (Indonesian), canfora [feminine] (Italian), 樟脳 (shōnō) (alt: しょうのう) (Japanese), カンフル (kanfuru) (Japanese), ಕರ್ಪೂರ (karpūra) (Kannada), камфора (kamfora) (Kazakh), កប៌ូរ (kaabou) (Khmer), 장뇌 (jangnoe) (alt: 樟腦) (Korean), ກາລະບູນ (kā la būn) (Lao), kampars [masculine] (Latvian), kamparas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ravintsara (Malagasy), kapur barus (Malay), പച്ചക്കർപ്പൂരം (paccakkaṟppūraṁ) (Malayalam), കർപ്പൂരം (kaṟppūraṁ) (Malayalam), कापूर (kāpūr) (Marathi), kʾp̄wl (kāpūr) (Middle Persian), гавар (gavar) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), камфор (kamfor) [Cyrillic] [scientific, sciences] (Mongolian), ᠭᠠᠪᠤᠷ (ɣabur) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠻᠠᠮᠹᠣᠷ (kamfor) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), कपुर (kapura) (Nepali), kafûr (Northern Kurdish), kamfer [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kamfer [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کافور (kâfur) (Persian), kamfora [feminine] (Polish), cânfora [feminine] (Portuguese), ਕਪੂਰ (kapūr) [masculine] (Punjabi), camfor [neuter] (Romanian), ка́мфора (kámfora) [feminine] (Russian), камфара́ (kamfará) [feminine] (Russian), कर्पूर (karpūra) [masculine, neuter] (Sanskrit), कर्पूरम् (karpūram) [masculine] (Sanskrit), ပရုၵ်ႈ (pǎ rūk) (Shan), ၽရူၵ်ႈ (phǎ rūuk) (Shan), කපුරු (kapuru) (Sinhalese), gáfor [masculine] (Slovak), کافوور (kafûr) (Southern Kurdish), alcanfor [masculine] (Spanish), kafuri (Swahili), kamfer [common-gender] (Swedish), alkampor (Tagalog), கற்பூரம் (kaṟpūram) (Tamil), కర్పూరము (karpūramu) (Telugu), การบูร (gaa-rá-buun) (Thai), kâfur (Turkish), ка́мфора (kámfora) [feminine] (Ukrainian), long não (alt: 龍腦) (Vietnamese), camffor [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for camphor meaning in English (15.9kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "camphore"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French camphore",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "camphora"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin camphora",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَافُور"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "map"
      },
      "expansion": "Austronesian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "kapur"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay kapur",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), in turn from an Austronesian word such as Malay kapur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "camphors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "camphor (countable and uncountable, plural camphors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Armenian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dhivehi terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kannada terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malayalam terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using discouraged character sequences",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sinhalese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organic compounds",
          "orig": "en:Organic compounds",
          "parents": [
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bastard camphor tree"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphogen"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphoraceous"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphorate"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphorated"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphorimine"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphor tree"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphory"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphoryl"
        },
        {
          "word": "camphrous"
        },
        {
          "word": "rose camphor"
        },
        {
          "word": "salol-camphor"
        },
        {
          "word": "turpentine camphor"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy."
      ],
      "id": "en-camphor-en-noun-IMFWXWeX",
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "isoprenoid",
          "isoprenoid"
        ],
        [
          "ketone",
          "ketone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ace",
          "lang": "Acehnese",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kapur"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "kāfūr",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "كَافُور"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kamfora",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "կամֆորա"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kʻapʻur",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "քափուր"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kámfara",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́мфара"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kámfora",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́мфора"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pa.rut",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "ပရုတ်"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "càmfora"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "樟腦"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhāngnǎo",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "樟脑"
        },
        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kamfor"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kafr"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kamfer"
        },
        {
          "code": "dv",
          "lang": "Dhivehi",
          "roman": "kāfūru",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "ކާފޫރު"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kamfer"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kamforo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kamfur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kamferi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "camphre"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kampfer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "scientific",
            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "Campher"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kamforá",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "καμφορά"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "kapūr",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "કપૂર"
        },
        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kafur"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "קַמפוֹר"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kapūr",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "कपूर"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kámfor"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kamfóra"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kapur barus"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kamper"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "canfora"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しょうのう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōnō",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "樟脳"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kanfuru",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "カンフル"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "karpūra",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "ಕರ್ಪೂರ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kamfora",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "камфора"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaabou",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "កប៌ូរ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "樟腦",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jangnoe",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "장뇌"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "kafûr",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "کافوور"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kafûr"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdh",
          "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
          "roman": "kafûr",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "کافوور"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kā la būn",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "ກາລະບູນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kampars"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kamparas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "ravintsara"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kapur barus"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "paccakkaṟppūraṁ",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "പച്ചക്കർപ്പൂരം"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaṟppūraṁ",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "കർപ്പൂരം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "kāpūr",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "कापूर"
        },
        {
          "code": "pal",
          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kʾp̄wl (kāpūr)"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "gavar",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "гавар"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "kamfor",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "scientific",
            "sciences"
          ],
          "word": "камфор"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ɣabur",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠭᠠᠪᠤᠷ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "kamfor",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠻᠠᠮᠹᠣᠷ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "kapura",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "कपुर"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kamfer"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kamfer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kâfur",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "کافور"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kamfora"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cânfora"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "kapūr",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਕਪੂਰ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "camfor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kámfora",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́мфора"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kamfará",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "камфара́"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "karpūra",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "कर्पूर"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "karpūram",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "कर्पूरम्"
        },
        {
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "pǎ rūk",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "ပရုၵ်ႈ"
        },
        {
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "phǎ rūuk",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "ၽရူၵ်ႈ"
        },
        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "kapuru",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "කපුරු"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gáfor"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alcanfor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kafuri"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kamfer"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "alkampor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "kaṟpūram",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "கற்பூரம்"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "karpūramu",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "కర్పూరము"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gaa-rá-buun",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "การบูร"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "kâfur"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kámfora",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́мфора"
        },
        {
          "alt": "龍腦",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "word": "long não"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "camffor"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "camphor"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæmfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæmfə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-camphor.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-camphor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-camphor.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-camphor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-camphor.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "camphor"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bastard camphor tree"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphogen"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphoraceous"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphorate"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphorated"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphorimine"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphor tree"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphory"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphoryl"
    },
    {
      "word": "camphrous"
    },
    {
      "word": "rose camphor"
    },
    {
      "word": "salol-camphor"
    },
    {
      "word": "turpentine camphor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "camphore"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French camphore",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "camphora"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin camphora",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَافُور"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "map"
      },
      "expansion": "Austronesian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "kapur"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay kapur",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), in turn from an Austronesian word such as Malay kapur.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "camphors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "camphor (countable and uncountable, plural camphors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Armenian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Dhivehi terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Arabic",
        "English terms derived from Austronesian languages",
        "English terms derived from Malay",
        "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Kannada terms with redundant script codes",
        "Malayalam terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages using discouraged character sequences",
        "Sinhalese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Organic compounds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "isoprenoid",
          "isoprenoid"
        ],
        [
          "ketone",
          "ketone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "camphor"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæmfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæmfə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-camphor.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-camphor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-camphor.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-camphor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-camphor.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ace",
      "lang": "Acehnese",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kāfūr",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "كَافُور"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kamfora",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "կամֆորա"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻapʻur",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "քափուր"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kámfara",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́мфара"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kámfora",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́мфора"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "pa.rut",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "ပရုတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "càmfora"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "樟腦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhāngnǎo",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "樟脑"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamfor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kafr"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kamfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "kāfūru",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "ކާފޫރު"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kamforo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kamfur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kamferi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camphre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kampfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "scientific",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "Campher"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kamforá",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καμφορά"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "kapūr",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "કપૂર"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kafur"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "קַמפוֹר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kapūr",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कपूर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kámfor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kamfóra"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kapur barus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kamper"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canfora"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうのう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōnō",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "樟脳"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanfuru",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "カンフル"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "karpūra",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "ಕರ್ಪೂರ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kamfora",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "камфора"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaabou",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "កប៌ូរ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "樟腦",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jangnoe",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "장뇌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "kafûr",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "کافوور"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kafûr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdh",
      "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
      "roman": "kafûr",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "کافوور"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kā la būn",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "ກາລະບູນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kampars"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamparas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "ravintsara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kapur barus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "paccakkaṟppūraṁ",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "പച്ചക്കർപ്പൂരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaṟppūraṁ",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "കർപ്പൂരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kāpūr",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "कापूर"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kʾp̄wl (kāpūr)"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "gavar",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "гавар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "kamfor",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "scientific",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "камфор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ɣabur",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠭᠠᠪᠤᠷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "kamfor",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠻᠠᠮᠹᠣᠷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "kapura",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "कपुर"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kamfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kamfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâfur",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "کافور"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kamfora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cânfora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kapūr",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਕਪੂਰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "camfor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kámfora",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́мфора"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kamfará",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "камфара́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "karpūra",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "कर्पूर"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "karpūram",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कर्पूरम्"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "pǎ rūk",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "ပရုၵ်ႈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "phǎ rūuk",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "ၽရူၵ်ႈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "kapuru",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "කපුරු"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gáfor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcanfor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kafuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kamfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "alkampor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kaṟpūram",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "கற்பூரம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "karpūramu",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "కర్పూరము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaa-rá-buun",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "การบูร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "kâfur"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kámfora",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́мфора"
    },
    {
      "alt": "龍腦",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "word": "long não"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camffor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "camphor"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.