camera

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See also caméra, and cameră

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English [edit]

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A camera.

Etymology [edit]

From New Latin camera obscura (dark chamber), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera (chamber or bedchamber), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamara, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈkæm.ɹə/, /ˈkæm.ə(ɹ).ə/ X-SAMPA: /"k{m.r@/, /"k{m.@(r).@/
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Noun [edit]

camera (plural cameræ or cameras)

  1. A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
  2. (video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
    • 2003, Tom Meigs, Ultimate game design: building game worlds
      If you're building a third-person game with enclosed or tight spaces, try to figure out up front what camera problems you will likely encounter. Use this identification process to influence the early building process.
    • 2006, Patrick O'Luanaigh, Game Design Complete
      I'm talking about the way the camera flies up above the skater when you leap into the air. No one had done it before.

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Verb [edit]

camera

  1. third-person singular simple future of camer

Interlingua [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈka.me.ra/

Noun [edit]

camera (plural cameras)

  1. room, chamber

Italian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin camera.

Noun [edit]

camera f (plural camere)

  1. room, chamber
  2. bedroom
  3. assembly, parliament
  4. camera (for taking moving pictures)

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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamara, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault).

Noun [edit]

camera (genitive camerae); f, first declension

  1. room, chamber, vault

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative camera camerae
genitive camerae camerārum
dative camerae camerīs
accusative cameram camerās
ablative camerā camerīs
vocative camera camerae

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References [edit]

  • chamber in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Romanian [edit]

Noun [edit]

camera f (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of cameră)

  1. the room