Meaning

4 senses

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

    Fotoapparat, Kamera, Videokamera

    фотоаппара́тfotoapparát, ка́мераkámera, фотока́мераfotokámera

    фотоапара́тfotoaparát, ка́мераkámera, фотока́мераfotokámera

  2. The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.

  3. A vaulted room.

  4. A judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.

More definitions
  • equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
  • television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

Examples

1221 sentences

  1. How do you use this camera?

    Як користуватись цією камерою?

    ruКак пользоваться этой камерой?

    deWie benutzt man diesen Fotoapparat?

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  2. How many cameras do you have?

    Скільки у вас фотоапаратів?

    ruСколько у вас фотоаппаратов?

    deWie viele Kameras haben Sie?

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  3. My uncle gave me a camera.

    Мій дядько дав мені камеру.

    ruМой дядя подарил мне фотоаппарат.

    deMein Onkel hat mir eine Kamera gegeben.

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  4. My camera is different from yours.

    Мій фотоапарат відрізняється від твого.

    ruМоя камера не похожа на твою.

    deMeine Kamera ist anders als deine.

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  5. I bought a camera for 30 dollars.

    Я купив фотоапарат за тридцять доларів.

    ruЯ купил фотоаппарат за тридцать долларов.

    deIch habe eine Kamera für 30 Dollar gekauft.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
still camera:
movie camera:
Русский
By meaning 2
still camera:
movie camera:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
still camera:
movie camera:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (

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.

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Forms

plural: cameras
Singularcamera
Pluralcameras

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other):photographic camera
  • television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam:television cameratv camera

Word family

92 related words
Relatedante-cameracameralcamerate
Deriveddigital cameraA2aerial cameraaerocamerabackup camerabody camerabody-worn camerabox cameracambackcamcordercamera anglecamera claracamera clubcamera flashcamera frightcamera leftcameralesscameralikecamera lucidacameramancamera movecamera obscuracamerapersoncamera phonecamera-ready

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • bought a camera
  • a new camera
  • has a camera
  • new camera
  • this camera is
  • repair this camera
  • had my camera
  • the same camera
  • a camera for
  • same camera as
  • bought this camera
  • lost my camera

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
camelliacamembertcameocameramancamocamogie
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