cameraman

cameraman

See also: caméraman

English

Etymology

camera +‎ -man

Noun

cameraman (plural cameramen)

1. Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24:

     ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’

   Coordinate term: camerawoman

Synonyms

• camera operator
• cameraperson

Translations

somebody who operates a film or TV camera

Armenian: կինոօպերատոր (hy) (kinoōperator) Belarusian: кінаапера́тар m (kinaapjerátar) Catalan: cameràman m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 攝影者／摄影者 (shèyǐngzhě), 攝影師／摄影师 (zh) (shèyǐngshī) Czech: kameraman (cs) m Danish: kameramand c Estonian: filmioperaator Faroese: myndamaður m Finnish: kuvaaja (fi), kameramies (fi) French: caméraman (fr) m, cadreur (fr) m Georgian: ოპერატორი (oṗeraṭori) German: Kameramann (de) m, Kamerafrau (de) f, Kameraoperateur m Greek: εικονολήπτης (el) m (eikonolíptis), εικονολήπτρια (el) f (eikonolíptria) Hungarian: operatőr (hu) Italian: operatore (it) m, addetto (it) m Japanese: 撮影技師 (さつえいぎし, satsuei gishi), カメラマン (kameraman) Korean: 카메라맨 (ko) (kameramaen) Marathi: कॅमेरामॅन m (kĕmerāmĕn) Norman: vidéoiste m or f Polish: kamerzysta (pl) m Portuguese: cameraman m, câmera (pt) m Romanian: cameraman (ro) m Russian: киноопера́тор (ru) m (kinooperátor), телеопера́тор (ru) m (teleoperátor) Spanish: camarógrafo (es) m, camarógrafa (es) f, cámara (es) m or f Thai: ตากล้อง (th) (dtaa-glɔ̂ng) Turkish: kameraman (tr) Ukrainian: кіноопера́тор m (kinooperátor) Vietnamese: chuyên viên quay phim, chuyên viên ghi hình, người quay phim, người ghi hình Welsh: dyn camera m

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French

Noun

cameraman m (plural cameramen)

1. Alternative form of caméraman

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cameraman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.me.ra.men/, /ˈka.me.ra.mɛn/
• Rhymes: -ameramen, -ameramɛn
• Hyphenation: cà‧me‧ra‧man

Noun

cameraman m or f by sense (invariable)

1. cameraman

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Portuguese

Noun

cameraman m (plural cameramen)

1. (proscribed) cameraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera)

   Synonyms: câmara, operador de câmara

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• camerman

Etymology

Borrowed from English cameraman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.me.raˈman/

Noun

cameraman m (plural cameramani)

1. cameraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera)

Declension

Declension of cameraman

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cameraman	cameramanul	(niște) cameramani	cameramanii
genitive/dative	(unui) cameraman	cameramanului	(unor) cameramani	cameramanilor
vocative	cameramanule		cameramanilor

Related terms

• cameră

References

• cameraman in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)