Camionneur

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 Lkw-Fahrer , 🇪🇸 conductor de camión , 🇮🇹 autista di camion , 🇵🇹 motorista de caminhão , 🇨🇳 卡车司机 , 🇯🇵 トラック運転手 , 🇰🇷 트럭 운전 기사 , 🇸🇦 سائق شاحنة , 🇮🇳 ट्रक ड्राइव्हर

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Etymology

Camionneur is a modern French noun formed by attaching the agentive suffix **‑neur** (from Latin *‑neor*) to **camion**, the word for a truck. **Camion** itself entered French in the 18th–19th centuries from Italian *camion*, which in turn derives from a Late Latin form *camenium* meaning “cart, vehicle”, ultimately related to the verb *camīna* “to travel.” Thus **camionneur** literally means “one who operates a truck,” a term that emerged with the rise of motor transport in the early 20th century.

Synonyms

chauffeur routier conducteur de camion conducteur de poids lourd transporteur routier transporteur de marchandises pilote de poids lourd chauffeur de poids lourds conducteur de transport routier

Antonyms

pédestre conducteur de voiture cycliste pilote d’avion conducteur de scooter