webcam

English

Etymology

From Web +‎ cam, shortened from camera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛbˌkæm/

Noun

webcam (plural webcams)

1. (computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a network, especially over the World Wide Web.

Hypernyms

• netcam

Translations

video camera viewed over a network

• Arabic: كَامِيرَا وِيب f (kāmērā web)
• Bengali: ওয়েবক্যাম (oyeb kæm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 攝像頭／摄像头 (zh) (shèxiàngtóu), 摄像头 (zh) (shèxiàngtóu)

• Czech: webkamera (cs)
• Danish: webkamera n
• Dutch: webcam (nl), (very informal) cam (nl)
• Esperanto: retkamerao
• Faroese: vevmyndatól n
• Finnish: verkkokamera, webbikamera (fi)
• French: webcam (fr) f, cam (fr) f, webcaméra (fr) f
• Galician: cámara web f
• Georgian: ვებ კამერა (veb ḳamera)
• German: Webcam (de) f
• Hindi: वेबकैम (vebkaim)
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• Icelandic: vefmyndavél f, (slang) vebbi m, (extremely rare) vefauga n, (extremely rare) tölvuauga n, (extremely rare) glyrna f
• Italian: webcam (it)
• Japanese: ウェブカメラ (webu kamera)
• Korean: 웹캠 (wepkaem)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nettkamera n, webkamera n

  Nynorsk: nettkamera n, webkamera n

• Portuguese: (Portugal) câmara web f, (Brazil) webcam f
• Russian: веб-ка́мера (ru) f (vɛb-kámera), ве́бка (ru) f (vɛ́bka)
• Spanish: cámara web f
• Swedish: webbkamera (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เว็บแคม (wép kaem), เว็บแคเมรา (wép kaemayraa)
• Vietnamese: webcam (vi)

Verb

webcam (third-person singular simple present webcamm, present participle ing, simple past and past participle webcamed)

1. To take part in a video communication via webcam.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English webcam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛp.kɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: web‧cam

Noun

webcam m (plural webcams, diminutive webcammetje n)

1. webcam [late 1990s]

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English webcam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛb.kam/

Noun

webcam f (plural webcams)

1. (computing, photography) webcam

Synonyms

• cybercaméra (France)
• cam
• webcaméra

Further reading

• “webcam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English webcam.

Noun

webcam f (uncountable)

1. (computing, photography) webcam

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English webcam.

Noun

webcam f (plural s)

1. (computing) webcam (video camera viewed over a computer network)

Synonyms

• câmara web

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Spanish

Noun

webcam m (plural webcams)

1. webcam