Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cambrai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: cam-brai
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Cambrai, itself from Latin Camarācum.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Camarācum

Synonyms

Cambray Camerick Camericke

Questions

What does cambrai mean?: A city in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river.
Where does cambrai come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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