caméra
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English camera, itself from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”). Doublet of chambre, which was inherited from Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
caméra f (plural caméras)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: kamera
Further reading
- “caméra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).
Noun
caméra m (plural caméras)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- caméra digital (“digital camera”)
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