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English

Etymology
From NL. camera obscura, dark chamber, because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera, chamber or bedchamber, from cama, bed.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-camera.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

Translations
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Catalan: camera f
Chinese: ���, ��� (zhào xiàng jī)
Dutch: fotoapparaat n, camera m
Finnish: kamera
French: appareil photo m
German: Fotoapparat m, Kamera f
Greek: ���ογ�α�ική μη�ανή [fo�to��ɣrafi�ci �mixa�ni] f, εικονολη��ική μη�ανή [iko�no��lipti�ci �mixa�ni] f
Hebrew: �צ��� (matzlema) f
Hungarian: kamera, fényképez�gép
Icelandic: myndavél f
Italian: fotocamera f, macchina fotografica f
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Japanese: ��� (kamera)
Korean: 카�� (kamera)
Polish: aparat fotograficzny m
Portuguese: câmara fotográfica f
Slovak: fotoaparát m
Slovene: fotoaparat m
Spanish: cámara f
Swedish: kamera c
Russian: �о�оаппа�а� m
Turkish: foto�raf makinesi
Vietnamese: máy chụp hình, máy lấy hình, máy hình, máy chụp ảnh
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Chinese: �影�. �影� (shè y�ng jī)
German: Videokamera f
Greek: κινημα�ογ�α�ική μη�ανή [cinimato��ɣrafi�ci �mixa�ni] f, κινημα�ογ�α�ική κάμε�α [cinimato��ɣrafi�ci �kame��ra] f, �ηλεκάμε�α [tile��kame��ra] f, εικονολη��ική μη�ανή [iko�no��lipti�ci �mixa�ni] f, βιν�εοκάμε�α [vide�o��kame��ra] f, κάμε�α [�kame��ra] f
Hebrew: �צ��� (matzlema) f, �צ��ת ����� (matzlemat video) f
Icelandic: myndavél f, upptökuvél f
Italian: videocamera f, telecamera f
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Russian: видеокаме�а f
Vietnamese: máy chụp phim, máy phim
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Translations to be checked
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w:Indonesian language|Indonesian: kamera
ttbc|Irish: Ceamara
ttbc|Interlingua: camera
ttbc|Romanian: camera photographica f, machina photographica f
ttbc|Swedish: Kamera

Derived terms
cameraman
camera operator
lights, camera, action!

See also
camcorder
camera obscura
camera ready
cine camera or ciné camera
digital camera
in camera
movie camera
pinhole camera
video camera

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Italian

Noun
it-noun|camer|f|a|e

1. room, chamber
2. assembly, parliament
3. #English|camera (for taking moving pictures)

Synonyms
(3) telecamera

Related terms
camera da letto
cameriere
camerlengo
fotocamera
telecamera
videocamera

Latin

Noun
la-noun|camera|camerae|camerae|f|first

1. room, chamber

Descendants
camera obscura
camerlengo
chamber
chamberlain
in camera

Romanian

Noun
ro-noun-def|f|na|camer�

1. the room

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• 2007-12-30 20:25 - Chloejr - checked chinese translation

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