cam
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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)
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
- 1861, Dean Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:
- Cum doun t' cam' soid
- (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]
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See also[edit]
cam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spring-loaded camming device on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
cam (plural cams)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Verb[edit]
cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)
- To go on webcam with someone.
Etymology 3[edit]
Adverb[edit]
cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)
- Alternative form of kam
Further reading[edit]
- “cam” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams[edit]
Acholi[edit]
Noun[edit]
cam
Caló[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Romani kham, from Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá, “hot weather, sunshine”).
Noun[edit]
cam m (plural cames)
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
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English cam, a shortening of camera.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cam f (plural cams)
- (cinematography) cam (device for filming)
Noun[edit]
cam m (uncountable)
Alternative forms[edit]
- CAm (contre-amiral)
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
cam m (plural cans)
- Alternative form of can
References[edit]
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)
Declension[edit]
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]
Adjective[edit]
cam (plural cammey)
Verb[edit]
cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)
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
Old Irish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cam
- 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 |
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
- approximately, a little
- rather
- Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.
- This lake is rather dirty.
Related terms[edit]
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cam
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)
Synonyms[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam
- orange (clarification of this definition is needed)
- Short for cam sành (“Citrus reticulata × sinensis”).
See also[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cam
See also[edit]
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)
- step, pace, footstep
- footfall (sound made by a footstep)
- footprint
- step (of a process), stage, phase
Derived terms[edit]
- cam a cham (“step by step”)
- camu (“to step”)
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)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
cam m (plural camau)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
cam m (plural camau)
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
- 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]
- (Standard Zhuang, Shuangqiao) IPA(key): /ɕaːm˨˦/
- Tone numbers: cam1
- Hyphenation: cam
Verb[edit]
cam (old orthography cam)
- to ask (to request an answer)
- to inquire; to ask
- to ask for instructions
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