camcorder
/ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/
camcorder noun: a camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.
Noun
camcorder (plural camcorders)
- A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.
- You know where you never see a camcorder? At a funeral. Wouldn't that be fun? Especially if you didn't know any of the people there. Why not go to a stranger's funeral, and bring your camcorder? Have a little fun! Zoom in on the corpse's nose hairs. Then pull back, and pan over to the widow's...1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 173
Verb
camcorder (third-person singular simple present camcorders, present participle camcordering, simple past and past participle camcordered)
- To record using a camcorder.
camcorder meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese
camcorder in Tamil
- ஒளிமி
camcorder in Arabic
- electronic device
- كَامِيرَا فِيدِيُو kāmērā fīdiyū
camcorder in Vietnamese
- electronic device
- máy ghi hình, máy quay
Forms of camcorder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | camcorders |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | camcorders |
| present participle | camcordering |
| past participle | camcordered |
| past | camcordered |
Origin of camcorder
Blend of camera + recorder. Appears to be a borrowing from Japanese カムコーダー (kamukōdā), an original registered trademark filed for by Sony in 1981. First use appears c. 1982 in The Economist.
Words formed from camcorder
Questions about camcorder
- What does camcorder mean?
- Camcorder means a camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.
- What is camcorder in Tamil?
- Camcorder in Tamil is ஒளிமி. See Camcorder meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is camcorder?
- Camcorder can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce camcorder?
- Camcorder is pronounced /ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/.
- What is the plural of camcorder?
- The plural of camcorder is camcorders.
Words near camcorder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: camcorder (page history and authors); camcorder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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