Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

camelot

/ˈkæm.əˌlɑt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: camelot
IPA: /ˈkæm.əˌlɑt/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A mythical location in England and the stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.

name

The administration and surrounding mystique of President John F. Kennedy.

American usage

noun

Alternative form of camlet.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Of course you want to fund all these programs, and you want to fund all these activist campaigns. Of course you want that. The term “Camelot” was never used, but there was a Camelot feeling to it at the time that people must have felt in the early ’60s in the same way."

Etymology

First attested in Old French as Camaalot in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. In the US politics sense a reference to the contemporary musical Camelot (1960), associated with the Kennedy era.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkæm.əˌlɑt/
British English: /ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

camelots (plural)

Derived Forms

Camelotian

Frequently Paired Words

camelot Camulodunum Camulos Camulus Jacindamania Trudeaumania

Questions

How do you pronounce camelot?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæm.əˌlɑt/.
What does camelot mean?: A mythical location in England and the stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.
Where does camelot come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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