Phrase guide

camel case

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæml̩ keɪs/
  • General-American: /ˈkæm(ə)l ˌkeɪs/

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noun

Meaning 1

Especially in computer programming, and in the names of brands and organizations: a style of typography in which several words are concatenated together without any spaces between them, with the first letter of each word (sometimes excluding the first word) capitalized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, publishing, sciences, typography

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: intercapping, intercaps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: camelback, HumpyCase, intercapping, intercaps

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: upper camel case, UpperCamelCase, Pascal case, studly caps, bicapitalization, lower camel case, lowerCamelCase

History

Etymology

From camel + case (“nature of a piece of alphabetic type”), probably modelled after lowercase and uppercase, from a fancied resemblance of the capital letters to the humps of a two-humped camel.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نسق الجمل — style of typography
  • Chinese Mandarin: 駝峰式大小寫 /驼峰式大小写 (tuófēngshìdàxiǎoxiě) — style of typography
  • Czech: velbloudí notace — style of typography
  • Esperanto: miksuskla — style of typography
  • Estonian: läbiv suurtäht — style of typography
  • Finnish: CamelCase — style of typography
  • German: Binnenmajuskel — style of typography
  • German: Binnenversal — style of typography
  • German: Binnenversalie — style of typography
  • Hebrew: קאמל קייס — style of typography
  • Italian: notazione a cammello — style of typography
  • Japanese: キャメルケース (kyamerukēsu) — style of typography
  • Korean: 카멜 표기법 (kamel pyogibeop) — style of typography
  • Korean: 낙타 표기법 (nakta pyogibeop) — style of typography
  • Lithuanian: kupranugario Didžioji — style of typography
  • Marathi: कॅमलकेस (kĕmalkes) — style of typography
  • Persian: نگارش شتری (negâreš-e šotori) — style of typography
  • Russian: верблю́жий реги́стр (verbljúžij regístr) — style of typography
  • Sinhalese: කැමල් කේස් (kæmal kēs) — style of typography
  • Slovene: dvozačetnice — style of typography
  • Spanish: cameyúsculas — style of typography
  • Swedish: kamelnotation — style of typography
  • Tamil: கமெல்கேசு (kamelkēcu) — style of typography
  • Ukrainian: верблю́дячий регістр (verbljúdjačyj rehistr) — style of typography