camera
Syllables: cam·er·aUK/ˈkæməɹə/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/ˈkaməɹə/
camera noun: a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
Noun
camera (plural cameras or (rare) cameræ or (rare) camerae)
- A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
- The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that...2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist
- Glance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of a surveillance camera trained on the city’s crowded streets.
And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to...2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN
- The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
- If you're building a third-person game with enclosed or tight spaces, try to figure out up front what camera problems you will likely encounter. Use this identification process to influence the early building process.2003, Tom Meigs, Ultimate game design: building game worlds
- I'm talking about the way the camera flies up above the skater when you leap into the air. No one had done it before.2006, Patrick O'Luanaigh, Game Design Complete
- A vaulted room.
- A judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.
Proper noun capitalized: Camera
Camera (plural Cameras)
- A surname.
camera meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
camera in Hindi
- still camera
- कैमरा kaimrā, छायाचित्रक chāyācitrak
- movie camera
- वीडियो कैमरा vīḍiyo kaimrā
camera in Tamil
- still camera
- கேமரா kēmarā
camera in Marathi
- still camera
- कॅमेरा kĕmerā
camera in Urdu
- still camera
- کَیمْرَہ kaimra, کَیمْرا kaimrā, عَکَاسَہ 'akāsa
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- camera in Bengali
- ক্যামেরা kêmera, ভিডিও ক্যামেরা bhiḍiō kêmera
- camera in Telugu
- కెమెరా kemerā
- camera in Malayalam
- ഛായാഗ്രാഹി chāyāgrāhi
- camera in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯಾಮೆರಾ kyāmerā
- camera in Punjabi
- ਕੈਮਰਾ kaimrā
- camera in Gujarati
- કેમેરા kemerā
- camera in Odia
- କାମେରା kāmerā, ଫଟୋ phaṭo
- camera in Sanskrit
- छायाग्राहिका chāyāgrāhikā
- camera in Sinhala
- කැමරාව kæmarāwa
- camera in Assamese
- কেমেৰা kemera
- camera in Nepali
- क्यामेरा kyāmerā
- camera in Pashto
- کامره kāmra, کېمره kemra, کمره kemra
- camera in Tagalog
- kamera, kodak
- camera in Arabic
- كَمِرَة kamira, كَامِيرَا kāmērā, آلَة تَصْوِير ʔālat taṣwīr, مُصَوِّرَة muṣawwira
- camera in Malay
- kamera
- camera in Indonesian
- kamera, tustel, kamera video
- camera in Thai
- กล้องถ่ายรูป glɔ̂ng-tàai-rûup, กล้องถ่ายภาพ glɔ̂ng-tàai-pâap, กล้อง glɔ̂ng, กล้องถ่ายวิดีโอ glɔ̂ng-tàai-wí-dii-oo
- camera in Vietnamese
- máy hình, máy chụp hình, máy chụp ảnh, máy ảnh
- camera in Myanmar
- ကင်မရာ kangma.ra
Examples of camera in a sentence
- He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.
- I left my camera on the train, but luckily enough someone handed it in to lost property.
- I found my camera, which I thought I'd lost, under the bed.
Forms of camera
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cameras |
| plural (rare) | cameræ |
| plural (rare) | camerae |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cameras |
Origin of camera
Learned borrowing 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”), of Old Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of chamber. (device): An ellipsis of camera obscura, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room.
Words formed from camera
- Camera–Marugo–Cohen syndrome
- aerial camera
- aerocamera
- Anger camera
- backup camera
- Baker-Nunn camera
- body camera
- body-worn camera
- box camera
- camback
- camcorder
- camera angle
- camera clara
- camera club
- camera flash
- camera fright
- camera left
- cameraless
- cameralike
- camera lucida
- cameraman
- camera move
- camera obscura
- cameraperson
- camera phone
- cameraphone
- camera-ready
- camera ready
- camera rehearsal
- camera right
- camera roll
- camera shake
- cameraship
- camera shot
- camera-shy
- cameratic
- camera trap
- camerawoman
- camera worker
- camera-worker
- camerist
- camfecting
- candid camera
- CCTV camera
- ciné camera
- cine camera
- cold camera
- compact camera
- dashcam
- digital camera
- digital single-lens reflex camera
- digital still camera
- document camera
- fan camera
- fan camera photography
- game camera
- gamma camera
- gastrocamera
- guy with camera
- holocamera
Phrases with camera
- in camera
- IP camera
- on camera
- off camera
- pin camera
- Land camera
- view camera
- camera clubs
- camera moves
- camera rolls
- camera shots
- camera traps
43 more phrasesFewer phrases
- movie camera
- photo camera
- speed camera
- stump camera
- trail camera
- video camera
- camera angles
- camera phones
- reflex camera
- selfie camera
- streak camera
- camera flashes
- camera lucidas
- camera workers
- instant camera
- pinhole camera
- Schmidt camera
- thermal camera
- camera obscuras
- magazine camera
- piece to camera
- rearview camera
- security camera
- wearable camera
- pieces to camera
- red light camera
- red-light camera
- reversing camera
- camera rehearsals
- lightfield camera
- mirrorless camera
- rangefinder camera
- surveillance camera
- three camera sitcom
- scintillation camera
- thermographic camera
- the camera never lies
- point and shoot camera
- point-and-shoot camera
- made love to the camera
- make love to the camera
- makes love to the camera
- making love to the camera
Questions about camera
- What does camera mean?
- Camera means a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
- What is camera in Hindi?
- Camera in Hindi is कैमरा (kaimrā), छायाचित्रक (chāyācitrak), वीडियो कैमरा (vīḍiyo kaimrā). See Camera meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is camera?
- Camera can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce camera?
- Camera is pronounced /ˈkæməɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of camera?
- The plural of camera is cameras.
Words near camera in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: camera (page history and authors); Camera (page history and authors); କାମେରା (Odia) (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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