webcam
English
Etymology
From Web + cam, shortened from camera.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛbˌkæm/
Noun
webcam (plural webcams)
- (computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.
- 1996 April 29, Steve Lohr, “Dining Out in Manhattan: How to See and Be Seen”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331, page D24:
- And while the Webcams focused on street scenes and other public gathering spots do seem to occupy an uncertain status as a new medium, they perhaps raise an ethical question: Is this the cinéma vérité of cyberspace or is it private surveillance?
- 2020 July 25, Chris Baraniuk, “No end to Covid-19 webcam shortage”, in BBC News:
- As Covid-19 lockdowns took effect around the world, millions turned to remote working and organising virtual hangouts with friends. Overnight, webcams went from mundane computer accessories to gold dust.
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Hypernyms
- netcam
Translations
video camera viewed over a network
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Verb
webcam (third-person singular simple present webcams, present participle webcamming, simple past and past participle webcammed)
- (intransitive) To take part in a video communication via webcam.
- 2014, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Fatal Conceit, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 178:
- I got on his computer and wrote the note. I swear there was nothing on his screen like he was webcamming with her but she must have been recording.
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- (transitive) To film and broadcast with a webcam.
- 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 139:
- We should webcam it.
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Further reading
- webcam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English webcam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɛp.kɛm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: web‧cam
Noun
webcam m (plural webcams, diminutive webcammetje n)
- webcam [late 1990s]
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English webcam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛb.kam/
Audio (file)
Noun
webcam f (plural webcams)
- (computing, photography) webcam
- Synonyms: cam, webcaméra
Synonyms
- cybercaméra (France)
Further reading
- “webcam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English webcam.
Noun
webcam f (invariable)
- (computing, photography) webcam
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English webcam.
Noun
webcam f (plural webcams)
- (computing) webcam (video camera viewed over a computer network)
- Synonym: câmara web
Spanish
Noun
webcam m (plural webcams)
- webcam