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- [ka-my; English ka-moo]
- /kaˈmü; English kæˈmu/
- /ˈkæ.məs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ka-my; English ka-moo]
- /kaˈmü; English kæˈmu/
Definitions of camus word
- noun camus Albert (albɛr). 1913–60, French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, noted for his pessimistic portrayal of man's condition of isolation in an absurd world: author of the novels L'Étranger (1942) and La Peste (1947), the plays Le Malentendu (1945) and Caligula (1946), and the essays Le Mythe de Sisyphe (1942) and L'Homme révolté (1951): Nobel prize for literature 1957 3
- noun camus Albert1913-60; Fr. writer, born in Algeria 3
- noun camus Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957. 1
- noun camus Obsolete form of camis. 1
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Parts of speech for Camus
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camus popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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