cam

See also Appendix:Variations of "cam"

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kæm], X-SAMPA: /k{m/
• Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

A cam

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”))

Noun

cam (plural cams)

1. A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
2. A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
3. (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.

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4. (rock climbing) A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

Derived terms

• overhead cam

Translations

part of engine

• Czech: vačka (cs) f
• Dutch: nok (nl) m and f
• Finnish: epäkesko, nokka, nostovarsi
• German: Nocken m

• Italian: camma (it) f
• Romanian: camă (ro) f
• Russian: эксцентрик (ru) (ekscentrik) m, кулачок (ru) (kulačok) m
• Swedish: kam (sv) c

See also

• Cam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

External links

• climbing cam

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”)

Wikipedia

Noun

cam (plural cams)

1. (informal) camera

Derived terms

• camcorder
• camgirl
• cammer
• camwhore
• dashcam
• nanny cam
• Steadicam
• webcam
• webcammer

Translations

camera — see camera

Verb

cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)

1. To go on webcam with someone

Etymology 3

Adverb

cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)

1. Alternative form of kam.

External links

• cam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• AMC, CMA, mac, Mac, Mac., MAC, mca

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Acholi

Noun

cam

1. food

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French

Etymology

From English cam, a shortening of camera.

Noun

cam f (plural cams)

1. cam (device for filming)

Abbreviation

cam

1. (military, nautical) contre-amiral (rear admiral (RAdm) )

Alternative forms

• (contre-amiral): CAm

Anagrams

• AMC

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish camm, from Proto-Celtic *kambo-.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [kaumˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA: [kɑːmˠ] (Galway); IPA: [kamˠ] (Mayo)
• (Ulster) IPA: [kamˠ]

Adjective

cam

1. crooked

Declension

Declension of cam

First Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	masc.	fem.	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cam		cama
Vocative	caim	cam	cama
Genitive	caim	caime	cama	cam
Dative	cam		cama
Comparative	caime

Mutation

Irish mutation
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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Kurdish

Noun

cam f

1. 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

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Lojban

Rafsi

cam

1. rafsi of carmi.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish camm, from Proto-Celtic *kambo-.

Adjective

cam (plural cammey)

1. crooked
2. deformed
3. deceitful
4. (of wood) knotty

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cam	cham	gam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Verb

cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)

1. to bow, distort, hook (as finger), crank (of object)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cam	cham	gam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

Noun

cam m (plural cams)

1. orange (fruit)

Synonyms

• laranja

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin quam, or more likely from camai, from Latin quam magis.

Adverb

cam

1. approximately, a little
2. rather

   Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.

   This lake is rather dirty.

Related terms

• ca

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish camm, from Proto-Celtic *kambo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaːm/, /kʰaum/

Adjective

cam

1. crooked, askew

Declension

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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Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جام (jâm).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒam/

Noun

cam

1. glass

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaːm/, X-SAMPA: /ka:m/, SAMPROSA: M[kaːm]

Noun

cam

1. ([quả / trái] cam) The fruit orange

Derived terms

• cam sành - a Vietnamese citrus fruit similar to an orange
• cây cam - orange tree

Adjective

cam

1. made of oranges
2. ([màu] cam) of the colour orange

Derived terms

• nước cam - orange juice (literally: "orange water")
• sách màu cam - orange book (literally: "orange-coloured book")