kamera

From Dutch camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.mə.ra/

kamera (plural kameras)

1. camera

Borrowed from French caméra

kamera

1. photo camera, video camera

   Synonym: ücre

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “kamera”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Via Western-European languages (German Kamera, English camera) from New Latin camera obscura (literally “dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɛra]

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kamera f

1. camera (for moving pictures)

• “kamera”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kamera”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kamera”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

 

Ultimately from New Latin camera obscura, via one or more Germanic languages, most likely Swedish or German.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmerɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝me̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmerɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧me‧ra

kamera

1. camera

   Synonym: valokuvauskone

• “kamera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• karmea, kermaa

Borrowed from English camera, from Latin camera (obscura) (literally “(dark) chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒmɛrɒ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

kamera (plural kamerák)

1. camera (a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs)

   Synonyms: (for still pictures) fényképezőgép, (for moving pictures) filmfelvevő

2. video camera

• lyukkamera

 

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

kamera

Wikipedia ^id

From Dutch camera, from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”). Doublet of kamar and kamerad.

• IPA^(key): [kaˈmɛ.ra]
• Hyphenation: ka‧mè‧ra

kamera (first-person possessive kameraku, second-person possessive kameramu, third-person possessive kameranya)

1. camera, a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

• “kamera” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kamera

1. Rōmaji transcription of カメラ

kamera f (4th declension)

1. camera
2. chamber
3. cell (room in a prison for containing inmates)

• acs kamera

• IPA^(key): [ˈkäːmɛrɐ]

kãmera f (plural kãmeros) stress pattern 1

1. cell, chamber, compartment
2. camera

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

kamera

Wikipedia ^no

 

From Latin camera.

kamera n (definite singular kameraet, indefinite plural kamera or kameraer, definite plural kameraene)

1. a camera (device for recording visual images, either on film or digitally)

   Synonym: fotoapparat

• “kamera” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

 

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

fotoapparat

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Latin camera.

kamera n (definite singular kameraet, indefinite plural kamera, definite plural kameraa)

1. a camera (as above)

   Synonym: fotoapparat

• “kamera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára), from Old Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā-, from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English camera. Doublet of komora.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: ka‧me‧ra

kamera f

1. (rare) cell, chamber

   Synonyms: cela, izba, komora

3. (photography) video camera

   Synonym: aparat fotograficzny

4. (historical) office that manages the royal estates and reveniues

   Hypernym: urząd

5. (military) groove in the barrel into which a round is inserted

   Hypernym: wyżłobienie

• kamera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kamera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kàmera f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀мера)

1. video camera

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamera]

kamera f

1. camera

• kino
• film

• “kamera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

 

 

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

kamera

Wikipedia ^sw

Borrowed from English camera.

• Audio (Kenya):

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kamera (ma class, plural makamera) or kamera (n class, plural kamera)

1. camera (for taking pictures)

From New Latin camera obscura (literally “dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”). Doublet of kammare.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːm(ɛ)ra/
• The e is virtually never pronounced in everyday speech.

kamera c

1. camera

• kamera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• -makare

Borrowed from English camera, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára), of Old Iranian origin. Doublet of kamara.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkameɾa/ [ˌkaː.mɛˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -ameɾa
• Syllabification: ka‧me‧ra

kámerá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜒᜇ)

1. camera

   Synonym: kodak

• “kamera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From English camera.

kamera

1. camera

 

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

kamera

Wikipedia ^tr

Borrowed from French caméra, from English camera.

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈmeɾɑ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra

kamera (definite accusative kamerayı, plural kameralar)

1. video camera
2. (of a cell phone) camera

• güvenlik kamerası (“security camera”)
• kameracı
• kamera şakası (“prank”)
• termal kamera (“thermal camera”)

• kameraman

• “kamera”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kamera”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kamera”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı