kamera

kamera

See also: kamerā and Kamera

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.mə.ra/

Noun

kamera (plural kameras)

1. camera

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

kamera

1. video or photo camera
2. chamber

Declension

Declension of kamera

nominative	kamera
genitive	kameranıñ
dative	kamerağa
accusative	kameranı
locative	kamerada
ablative	kameradan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɛra]

• Audio

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Noun

kamera f

1. camera (for moving pictures)

Declension

Declension of kamera

	singular	plural
nominative	kamera	kamery
genitive	kamery	kamer
dative	kameře	kamerám
accusative	kameru	kamery
vocative	kamero	kamery
locative	kameře	kamerách
instrumental	kamerou	kamerami

Derived terms

• kamera, klapka, jedeme!
• kameraman m
• kamerový

 

Related terms

• kamarád
• komora

 

References

1. "kamera" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading

• kamera in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kamera in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kamera in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kamera

1. camera

   Synonym: valokuvauskone

Declension

Inflection of kamera (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		kamera	kamerat
genitive		kameran	kameroiden kameroitten
partitive		kameraa	kameroita
illative		kameraan	kameroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kamera	kamerat
accusative	nom.	kamera	kamerat
	gen.	kameran
genitive		kameran	kameroiden kameroitten kamerainrare
partitive		kameraa	kameroita
inessive		kamerassa	kameroissa
elative		kamerasta	kameroista
illative		kameraan	kameroihin
adessive		kameralla	kameroilla
ablative		kameralta	kameroilta
allative		kameralle	kameroille
essive		kamerana	kameroina
translative		kameraksi	kameroiksi
instructive		—	kameroin
abessive		kameratta	kameroitta
comitative		—	kameroineen

Possessive forms of kamera (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kamerani	kameramme
2nd person	kamerasi	kameranne
3rd person	kameransa

Compounds

• autokamera
• automaattikamera
• digikamera
• digitaalikamera
• dokumenttikamera
• elokuvakamera
• filmikamera
• infrapunakamera
• internetkamera
• järjestelmäkamera
• kaitafilmikamera
• kamera-ajo
• kamerakulma
• kameralaukku
• kameramies
• kameranauhuri
• kamerapuhelin
• kamerapylväs
• kameraseura
• kamerataide
• kameratarkkailu
• kameratyöskentely
• kameravalvonta
• kameravaunu
• kertakäyttökamera
• kinofilmikamera
• kojelautakamera
• kompaktikamera
• kulunvalvontakamera
• laakafilmikamera
• laatikkokamera
• livekamera
• lämpökamera
• maalikamera
• melukamera
• mustavalkokamera
• nettikamera
• neulanreikäkamera
• nopeuskamera
• nopeusvalvontakamera
• paljekamera
• palkkikamera
• panoraamakamera
• peiliheijastuskamera
• peilikamera
• peruutuskamera
• piilokamera
• pikakamera
• polaroidkamera
• reproduktiokamera
• reprokamera
• sarjakamera
• stereokamera
• suukamera
• suurkuvakamera
• takakamera
• taskukamera
• televisiokamera
• turvakamera
• valokuvakamera
• valokuvauskamera
• valvontakamera
• verkkokamera
• videokamera
• värikamera
• webbikamera
• äänikamera

 

Anagrams

• karmea, kermaa

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Hungarian

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kamera	kamerák
accusative	kamerát	kamerákat
dative	kamerának	kameráknak
instrumental	kamerával	kamerákkal
causal-final	kameráért	kamerákért
translative	kamerává	kamerákká
terminative	kameráig	kamerákig
essive-formal	kameraként	kamerákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kamerában	kamerákban
superessive	kamerán	kamerákon
adessive	kameránál	kameráknál
illative	kamerába	kamerákba
sublative	kamerára	kamerákra
allative	kamerához	kamerákhoz
elative	kamerából	kamerákból
delative	kameráról	kamerákról
ablative	kamerától	kameráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kameráé	kameráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kameráéi	kamerákéi

Possessive forms of kamera
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kamerám	kameráim
2nd person sing.	kamerád	kameráid
3rd person sing.	kamerája	kamerái
1st person plural	kameránk	kameráink
2nd person plural	kamerátok	kameráitok
3rd person plural	kamerájuk	kameráik

Derived terms

• lyukkamera

References

1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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Indonesian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• berkamera

 

Further reading

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

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Japanese

Romanization

kamera

1. Rōmaji transcription of カメラ

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Latvian

Noun

kamera f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Declension of kamera (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kamera	kameras
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kameru	kameras
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kameras	kameru
dative (datīvs)	kamerai	kamerām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kameru	kamerām
locative (lokatīvs)	kamerā	kamerās
vocative (vokatīvs)	kamera	kameras

Derived terms

• acs kamera

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkäːmɛrɐ]

Noun

kãmera f (plural kãmeros) stress pattern 1

1. cell, chamber, compartment
2. camera

Declension

declension of kamera

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	kãmera	kãmeros
genitive (kilmininkas)	kãmeros	kãmerų
dative (naudininkas)	kãmerai	kãmeroms
accusative (galininkas)	kãmerą	kãmeras
instrumental (įnagininkas)	kãmera	kãmeromis
locative (vietininkas)	kãmeroje	kãmerose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	kãmera	kãmeros

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Norwegian Bokmål

kamera

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Noun

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

Derived terms

• digitalkamera
• filmkamera
• nettkamera
• videokamera
• webkamera

 

References

• “kamera” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Noun

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

1. a camera (as above)

   Synonym: fotoapparat

Derived terms

• digitalkamera
• filmkamera
• nettkamera
• videokamera
• webkamera

 

References

• “kamera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin camera. Doublet of komora (“chamber, ventricle”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English camera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛ.ra/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Noun

kamera f

1. (rare) cell, chamber

   Synonyms: cela, izba, komora

2. (photography) video camera

   Synonym: aparat fotograficzny

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

   Hypernym: urząd

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

   Hypernym: wyżłobienie

Declension

Declension of kamera

	singular	plural
nominative	kamera	kamery
genitive	kamery	kamer
dative	kamerze	kamerom
accusative	kamerę	kamery
instrumental	kamerą	kamerami
locative	kamerze	kamerach
vocative	kamero	kamery

Derived terms

adjective

• kamerowy

 

nouns

• astrokamera
• kamera filmowa
• kamera fotogrametryczna
• kamera telewizyjna
• kamera wizyjna
• kamerownia

 

verb

• kamerować impf

 

Related terms

adjectives

• kameralistyczny
• kameralny

 

nouns

• kameralista
• kameralistyka
• kameralizacja
• kameralizm
• kameralność

 

verb

• kameralizować impf

 

Further reading

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kàmera f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀мера)

1. video camera

Declension

Declension of kamera

	singular	plural
nominative	kàmera	kamere
genitive	kamere	kȁmērā
dative	kameri	kamerama
accusative	kameru	kamere
vocative	kamero	kamere
locative	kameri	kamerama
instrumental	kamerom	kamerama

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamera]

Noun

kamera f (genitive singular kamery, nominative plural kamery, genitive plural kamier)

1. camera

Declension

Declension of kamera

	singular	plural
nominative	kamera	kamery
genitive	kamery	kamier
dative	kamere	kamerám
accusative	kameru	kamery
locative	kamere	kamerách
instrumental	kamerou	kamerami

Related terms

• kino
• film

Further reading

• kamera in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Swahili

kamera

Etymology

Borrowed from English camera.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

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

1. camera (for taking pictures)

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Swedish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kamera c

1. camera

Declension

Declension of kamera
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kamera	kameran	kameror	kamerorna
Genitive	kameras	kamerans	kamerors	kamerornas

Derived terms

• bridgekamera
• bälgkamera
• digitalkamera
• filmkamera
• hålkamera
• kameravinkel
• kompaktkamera
• lådkamera
• nålhålskamera
• polaroidkamera
• småbildskamera
• spegelreflexkamera
• systemkamera
• videokamera
• webbkamera

 

References

• kamera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -makare

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈkameɾa/, [ˈka.me.ɾɐ]

Noun

kámerá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜒᜇ)

1. camera

   Synonym: kodak

Further reading

• “kamera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English camera.

Noun

kamera

1. camera

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French caméra, from English camera.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kamera (definite accusative kamerayı, plural kameralar)

1. camera

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kamera
Definite accusative	kamerayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kamera	kameralar
Definite accusative	kamerayı	kameraları
Dative	kameraya	kameralara
Locative	kamerada	kameralarda
Ablative	kameradan	kameralardan
Genitive	kameranın	kameraların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kameram kameralarım 2nd singular kameran kameraların 3rd singular kamerası kameraları 1st plural kameramız kameralarımız 2nd plural kameranız kameralarınız 3rd plural kameraları kameraları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kameramı kameralarımı 2nd singular kameranı kameralarını 3rd singular kamerasını kameralarını 1st plural kameramızı kameralarımızı 2nd plural kameranızı kameralarınızı 3rd plural kameralarını kameralarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kamerama kameralarıma 2nd singular kamerana kameralarına 3rd singular kamerasına kameralarına 1st plural kameramıza kameralarımıza 2nd plural kameranıza kameralarınıza 3rd plural kameralarına kameralarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kameramda kameralarımda 2nd singular kameranda kameralarında 3rd singular kamerasında kameralarında 1st plural kameramızda kameralarımızda 2nd plural kameranızda kameralarınızda 3rd plural kameralarında kameralarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kameramdan kameralarımdan 2nd singular kamerandan kameralarından 3rd singular kamerasından kameralarından 1st plural kameramızdan kameralarımızdan 2nd plural kameranızdan kameralarınızdan 3rd plural kameralarından kameralarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kameramın kameralarımın 2nd singular kameranın kameralarının 3rd singular kamerasının kameralarının 1st plural kameramızın kameralarımızın 2nd plural kameranızın kameralarınızın 3rd plural kameralarının kameralarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kamerayım kameralarım 2nd singular kamerasın kameralarsın 3rd singular kamera kameradır kameralar kameralardır 1st plural kamerayız kameralarız 2nd plural kamerasınız kameralarsınız 3rd plural kameralar kameralardır

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• kameraman

Further reading

• kamera in Turkish dictionaries at 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