Kampfer

Concepts

camphor

camphor tree

camphor laurel

camphortree

cemphire

Synonyms

Campher

Kampferbaum

Mottenkugel

Campherbaum

Campherlorbeer

Campfer

Camphora

Translations

canfora

camphre

alcanfor

cânfora

كافور

καμφορά

kamfer

càmfora

kâfur

κάμφορα

camphora

Cinnamomum camphora

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gamfer

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkampfəʁ/

Etymology

Cognate with Malay: kapur

In summary

From Middle High German kampfer, from Medieval Latin camphora, nasalized byform of cafora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), from an Austronesian language (cf. Malay kapur).