cam

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kæm]
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1[edit]

A cam (shown in yellow)

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”)). Doublet of comb.

Noun[edit]

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.
    • 1861, Dean Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:
      Cum doun t' cam' soid
  4. (rock climbing) A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Welsh: cam
Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of camera.

Noun[edit]

cam (plural cams)

  1. (informal) Camera.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
camera — see camera

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Adverb[edit]

cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)

  1. Alternative form of kam

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Acholi[edit]

Noun[edit]

cam

  1. food

Caló[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Romani kham, from Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá, “hot weather, sunshine”).

Noun[edit]

cam m (plural cames)

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Synonym: ocán

References[edit]

  • “cam” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 26.
  • “cam” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
  • “cam” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clipping of English camera.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cam

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) camera.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English cam, a shortening of camera.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cam f (plural cams)

  1. (cinematography) cam (device for filming)

Noun[edit]

cam m (uncountable)

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

Alternative forms[edit]

  • CAm (contre-amiral)

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Noun[edit]

cam m (plural cans)

  1. Alternative form of can

References[edit]

https://estraviz.org/cam

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish camm. The sense ‘bent, gay’ is a semantic loan from English bent.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

cam (genitive singular masculine caim, genitive singular feminine caime, plural cama, comparative caime)

  1. crooked
  2. (offensive) bent (homosexual)
    Synonym: lúbtha

Declension[edit]

Declension of cam
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cam cham cama;
chama²
Vocative chaim cama
Genitive caime cama cam
Dative cam;
cham¹ 		cham;
chaim (archaic) 		cama;
chama²
Comparative níos caime
Superlative is caime

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation[edit]

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.

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish camm

Adjective[edit]

cam (plural cammey)

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

Verb[edit]

cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)

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

Mutation[edit]

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.

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Noun[edit]

cam f

  1. glass

Old Irish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

cam

  1. Alternative spelling of camm

Declension[edit]

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cam cam cam
Vocative caim*
cam**
Accusative cam caim
Genitive caim caime caim
Dative cam caim cam
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative caim cama
Vocative camu
cama†
Accusative camu
cama†
Genitive cam
Dative camaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cam cham cam
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

cam

  1. approximately, a little
  2. rather
    Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.
    This lake is rather dirty.

Related terms[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish camm

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

cam

  1. crooked, askew

Declension[edit]

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

Mutation[edit]

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

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish جام‎ (cam), from Persian جام‎ (jâm).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cam (definite accusative camı, plural camlar)

  1. glass
  2. (informal) window
    Synonym: pencere

Synonyms[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam

  1. orange (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. Short for cam sành (“Citrus reticulata × sinensis”).

See also[edit]

Derived terms

Adjective[edit]

cam

  1. made of oranges
  2. (màu ~) of the colour orange

See also[edit]

Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
     trắng      xám      đen
             đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
             vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
             xanh lơ, hồ thủy; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng

Etymology 2[edit]

Short for camera.

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *kanksman, *kanxsman, from *kengeti.

Noun[edit]

cam m (plural camau)

  1. step, pace, footstep
  2. footfall (sound made by a footstep)
  3. footprint
  4. step (of a process), stage, phase
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.

Adjective[edit]

cam (feminine singular cam, plural ceimion, equative camed, comparative camach, superlative camaf)

  1. bent, crooked, distorted
  2. wrong, false, incorrect
  3. wrong, unjust
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

cam m (plural camau)

  1. wrong, misdeed

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from English cam.

Noun[edit]

cam m (plural camau)

  1. cam

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cam gam ngham cham
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yola[edit]

Verb[edit]

cam

  1. simple past tense of coome
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 5:
      Raree cam thoare.
      Early came there.

References[edit]

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

Zhuang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (“to ask”). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), Lü ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Saek ถ่าม.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cam (old orthography cam)

  1. to ask (to request an answer)
  2. to inquire; to ask
  3. to ask for instructions
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