cam
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[edit] Etymology 1
Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“‘cog of a wheel; originally, comb’”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“‘cog wheel’”))
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cam (plural cams)
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- (rock-climbing) A spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
- See [1]
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part of engine
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[edit] Etymology 2
From camera, from the first part of Latin camera obscura (“‘dark chamber’”), itself from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamara), “‘vaulted chamber’”), from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“‘to arch’”)
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cam (plural cams)
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camera — see camera
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- cam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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cam
[edit] Irish
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cam
[edit] Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cam | cam | cama |
| Vocative | caim | cam | cama |
| Genitive | caim | caime | cam |
| Dative | cam | cam archaic caim |
cama |
Comparative/superlative: caime
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| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | |
| cam | cham | gcam | |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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[edit] Romanian
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cam
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
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- IPA: /kaːm/
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cam
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First declension; forms of the positive degree:
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cam | cham | cama |
| Vocative | chaim | chaim | cama |
| Genitive | chaim | chaim/caime | cam |
| Dative | cham | chaim | cama |
Comparative/superlative: caime
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From Persian
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cam
- A glass
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cam
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- cây cam - orange tree
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cam
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- sách màu cam - orange book (literally: "orange-coloured book")
- nước cam - orange juice (literally: "orange water")
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