camaleão

Meaning

chameleon (reptile)

Concepts

chameleon

lizard

🦎

chamaeleon

skink

Synonyms

Chamaeleonidae

Translations

caméléon

camaleón

kameleon

camaleonte

Chamäleon

camaleó

bukalemun

χαμαιλέοντας

حرباء

χαμαιλέων

chamaeleonidae

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.ma.leˈɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: chamaeleon

In summary

Borrowed from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn) from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”).