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/ˈkæmfɚ/
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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, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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a plant-extracted crystalline substance similar to common camphor, especially Borneo camphor.
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a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment
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Broader terms: natural resin
From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), in turn from an Austronesian word such as Malay kapur.
Across languages
Translations 90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Acehnese :
kapur
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Arabic :
كَافُور
(kāfūr)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Armenian :
կամֆորա
(kamfora)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Armenian :
քափուր
(kʻapʻur)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Belarusian :
ка́мфара
(kámfara)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Bengali :
কর্পূর
(korpur)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Bulgarian :
ка́мфора
(kámfora)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Burmese :
ပရုတ်
(pa.rut)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Catalan :
càmfora
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Chinese Cantonese :
樟腦 /樟脑
(zoeng1 nou5)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Eastern Min Chinese :
樟腦 /樟脑
(ciŏng-nō̤)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Chinese Mandarin :
樟腦 /樟脑
(zhāngnǎo)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Min Nan Chinese :
樟腦 /樟脑
(chiun-ló)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Wu Chinese :
樟腦 /樟脑
(1tsaon-nau)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Cornish :
kamfor
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Czech :
kafr
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Danish :
kamfer
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Dhivehi :
ކާފޫރު
(kāfūru)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Dutch :
kamfer
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Esperanto :
kamforo
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Faroese :
kamfur
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Finnish :
kamferi
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
French :
camphre
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
German :
Kampfer
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
German :
Campher
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Greek :
καμφορά
(kamforá)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Gujarati :
કપૂર
(kapūr)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Hausa :
kafur
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Hebrew :
קַמפוֹר
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Hindi :
कपूर
(kapūr)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Hungarian :
kámfor
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Icelandic :
kamfóra
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Indonesian :
kapur barus
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Indonesian :
kamper
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Italian :
canfora
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Japanese :
樟脳
(shōnō)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Japanese :
カンフル
(kanfuru)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Kannada :
ಕರ್ಪೂರ
(karpūra)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Kazakh :
камфора
(kamfora)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Khmer :
កប៌ូរ
(kaabou)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Korean :
장뇌
(jangnoe)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Central Kurdish :
کافوور
(kafûr)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Northern Kurdish :
kafûr
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Southern Kurdish :
کافوور
(kafûr)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Lao :
ກາລະບູນ
(kā la būn)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Latin :
camphora
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Latvian :
kampars
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Lithuanian :
kamparas
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Malagasy :
ravintsara
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Malay :
kapur barus
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Malayalam :
പച്ചക്കർപ്പൂരം
(paccakkaṟppūraṁ)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Malayalam :
കർപ്പൂരം
(kaṟppūraṁ)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Marathi :
कापूर
(kāpūr)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Mongolian :
гавар
(gavar)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Mongolian :
камфор
(kamfor)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Mongolian :
ᠭᠠᠪᠤᠷ
(ɣabur)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Mongolian :
ᠻᠠᠮᠹᠣᠷ
(kamfor)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Nepali :
कपुर
(kapura)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Norwegian Bokmål :
kamfer
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kamfer
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Odia :
କର୍ପୂର
(karpura)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Ojibwe :
gwendaaseg
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Persian :
کافور
(kâfur)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Middle Persian :
kʾp̄wl (kāpūr)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Polish :
kamfora
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Portuguese :
cânfora
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Punjabi :
ਕਪੂਰ
(kapūr)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Romanian :
camfor
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Russian :
ка́мфора
(kámfora)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Russian :
камфара́
(kamfará)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Sanskrit :
कर्पूर
(karpūra)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Sanskrit :
कर्पूरम्
(karpūram)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Shan :
ပရုၵ်ႈ
(pǎ rūk)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Shan :
ၽရူၵ်ႈ
(phǎ rūuk)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Sinhalese :
කපුරු
(kapuru)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Slovak :
gáfor
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Slovene :
kafra
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Spanish :
alcanfor
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Swahili :
kafuri
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Swedish :
kamfer
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Tagalog :
alkampor
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Tamil :
கற்பூரம்
(kaṟpūram)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Telugu :
కర్పూరము
(karpūramu)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Thai :
การบูร
(gaa-rá-buun)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Tibetan :
ག་བུར
(ga bur)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Turkish :
kâfur
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Ukrainian :
ка́мфора
(kámfora)
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Vietnamese :
long não
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Vietnamese :
chương não
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
Welsh :
camffor
— white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone
