cam

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English[edit]

 Cam (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kæm]
  • (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. (climbing) A spring-loaded 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]

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]

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ǵómbʰos

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 (Classifier: c;  c;  c;  c)

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

cam

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to monitor or surveil with a 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. reintegrationist spelling of can

References[edit]

  • cam” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay cam. From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, to remember).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/, [ˈt͡ʃam]

Verb[edit]

cam

  1. (only with a negative) to be interested; to be taken by

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[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)

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

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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.

Further reading[edit]

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, to remember).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/, [ˈt͡ʃam]

Verb[edit]

cam (Jawi spelling چم‎)

  1. to recognize by sight; to identify; to remember what has been seen
    Synonym: kenal pasti

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: cam

Further reading[edit]

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]

Inherited 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]

Scots[edit]

Verb[edit]

cam

  1. simple past of come; came

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.

Southwestern Dinka[edit]

Noun[edit]

cam

  1. food

References[edit]

  • Dinka-English Dictionary[1], 2005

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
    Synonym: sırça
  2. (informal) window
    Synonym: pencere

Adjective[edit]

cam

  1. of glass

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (orange).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam

  1. orange, such as or citrus sinensis sinensis or citrus aurantium
  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]

Noun[edit]

cam

  1. 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:
      Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,
      Old Father Devereux 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), ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Saek ถ่าม.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cam (Sawndip forms 𰇼 or 𭆻 or 𭈧 or 𠮿 or or 𮞁, 1957–1982 spelling cam)

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