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.
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Cam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- climbing cam
[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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- cam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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cam
[edit] Irish
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cam
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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] Kurdish
[edit] Noun
cam f.
- glass (substance)
This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at glass. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see cam in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2009
[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 |
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| Nominative | cam | cham | cama |
| Vocative | chaim | chaim | cama |
| Genitive | chaim | chaim/caime | cam |
| Dative | cham | chaim | cama |
Comparative/superlative: caime
[edit] Turkish
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- IPA: /dʒam/
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cam
- A glass
[edit] Vietnamese
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cam
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- cây cam - orange tree
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cam
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- nước cam - orange juice (literally: "orange water")
- sách màu cam - orange book (literally: "orange-coloured book")
