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? — brambury

    ruКак пользоваться этой камерой? — Gruzilkin

    deWie benutzt man diesen Fotoapparat? — tinacalysto

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  2. How many cameras do you have?

    Скільки у вас фотоапаратів? — deniko

    ruСколько у вас фотоаппаратов? — shanghainese

    deWie viele Kameras haben Sie? — Zaghawa

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  3. My uncle gave me a camera.

    Мій дядько дав мені камеру. — aandrusiak

    ruМой дядя подарил мне фотоаппарат. — afyodor

    deMein Onkel hat mir eine Kamera gegeben. — jast

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  4. My camera is different from yours.

    Мій фотоапарат відрізняється від твого. — deniko

    ruМоя камера не похожа на твою. — sharptoothed

    deMeine Kamera ist anders als deine. — Wolf

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  5. I bought a camera for 30 dollars.

    Я купив фотоапарат за тридцять доларів. — deniko

    ruЯ купил фотоаппарат за тридцать долларов. — afyodor

    deIch habe eine Kamera für 30 Dollar gekauft. — al_ex_an_der

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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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