Camera

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English

Etymology

From Latin camera obscura, dark chamber, because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera, chamber.

Noun

Camera (plural Cameras)

  1. A device for taking still photographs.
  2. A device for recording moving pictures on to film or video.

Translations

device for taking still photographs

device for recording video

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Italian

Noun

camera

  1. room, chamber
  2. assembly, parliament
  3. camera (for taking moving pictures)

Related terms


Latin

Noun

camera, camerae f (First declension)

  1. room, chamber

Derivatives

ko:camera io:camera it:camera hu:camera nl:camera ja:camera no:camera pl:camera fi:camera sv:camera zh:camera

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