kodak
Syllables: ko·dak/ˌkoʊ̯ˈdæk/UK/ˌkəʊ̯ˈdæk/
kodak noun: a camera: a device for taking still photographs.
Noun
kodak (plural kodaks)
- A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
- To diagnose / Our modest pose / The Kodaks do their best1893, W. S. Gilbert (lyrics), Utopia, Limited
- Charmian and Martin brought up the rear, armed with kodaks. We dived under the avocado trees […] and came on a spot that satisfied Martin's photographic eye.1911 June, Jack London, chapter 17, in The Cruise of the Snark, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC
- A still photograph.
- There were photographs everywhere: photographs framed and unframed; photographs large and photographs small, the fresh and the faded; tintypes, kodaks, “full lengths,” “cabinets,” groups—every type of photograph; […]1913, Booth Tarkington, The Flirt, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 70
- You may consult the kodaks taken at my arrest if you are curious, Archivist.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 338
Verb
kodak (third-person singular simple present kodaks, present participle kodaking, simple past and past participle kodaked)
- To photograph.
- A knot of obviously American tourists were kodaking his lodge-gates.1917, Rudyard Kipling, The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat
- To describe or characterise briefly and vividly.
kodak meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kodak in Hindi
- कोडक, कोड़ाक
kodak in Tamil
- தொடர்சுரளைக் கருவிகொண்டு நிழற்படம் பிடி, தோற்றத்தை விவரித்துக் கூறு
kodak in Marathi
- कोडक, कोडाक, कोडकपर्यंत
kodak in Urdu
- کوڈک, کوڈاک, کوڈیک
More languagesFewer languages
- kodak in Bengali
- কোড়াক, কোডাক, কোডক
- kodak in Telugu
- కోడక్, కోడాక్, కొడక్
- kodak in Malayalam
- കൊടക്, കോഡക്, കോഡാകിംഗ്
- kodak in Kannada
- ಕೊಡಕ್, ಕೋಡಕ್, ಕೋಡಾಕ್
- kodak in Punjabi
- ਕੋਡਕ, ਕੋਡਾਕ, ਕੋਡਾਕਿੰਗ
- kodak in Gujarati
- કોડક, કોડાક, કોડાકિંગ
- kodak in Odia
- କୋଡ଼କ୍, କୋଡ଼ାକ୍, କୋଡାକ୍
- kodak in Nepali
- कोडक, कोडाक, कोड़ाक
Forms of kodak
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kodaks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | kodaks |
| present participle | kodaking |
| past participle | kodaked |
| past | kodaked |
Origin of kodak
Genericized trademark of Kodak.
Words formed from kodak
Phrases with kodak
Questions about kodak
- What does kodak mean?
- Kodak means a camera: a device for taking still photographs.
- What is kodak in Hindi?
- Kodak in Hindi is कोडक, कोड़ाक. See Kodak meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kodak?
- Kodak can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce kodak?
- Kodak is pronounced /ˌkəʊ̯ˈdæk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kodak?
- The plural of kodak is kodaks.
Words near kodak in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kodak (page history and authors); kodak (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kodak (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kodak (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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