dromadaire

From Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Classical Latin dromas, from Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race course”).

• IPA^(key): /dʁɔ.ma.dɛʁ/

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dromadaire (plural dromadaires)

1. dromedary

dromadaire m (plural dromadaires)

1. dromedary

• “dromadaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Classical Latin dromas, from Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race course”).

dromadaire m (genitive singular dromadaire, nominative plural dromadairí)

1. dromedary

From Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Classical Latin dromas, from Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race course”).

dromadaire m (plural dromadaires)

1. (Jersey) dromedary