German

Noun

Kamera f ‎(plural Kameras)

1. camera (device for taking photographs or filming)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

kamera

1. video or photo camera
2. chamber

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Etymology

Via Western-European languages (German Kamera, English camera) from New Latin camera obscura ‎(“dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera ‎(“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα ‎(kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkamɛra/

Noun

kamera f

1. camera (for moving pictures)

Declension

Derived terms

• kamera, klapka, jedeme!
• kameraman m
• kamerový

Related terms

• kamarád
• komora

References

1. ↑ kamera in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin camera obscura, via one or more Germanic languages, most likely Swedish or German.

Noun

kamera

1. camera

Declension

Synonyms

• valokuvauskone

Anagrams

• karmea, kermaa

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from English camera, from Latin camera (obscura) ‎(“dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera ‎(“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα ‎(kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒmɛrɒ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra

Noun

kamera ‎(plural kamerák)

1. camera (a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs)
2. video camera

Declension

Synonyms

• (for still pictures): fényképezőgép
• (for moving pictures): filmfelvevő

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Indonesian

Noun

kamera

1. camera

Japanese

Romanization

kamera

1. rōmaji reading of カメラ

Latvian

Noun

kamera f (4th declension)

1. camera
2. chamber
3. cell (room in a prison for containing inmates)

Declension

Derived terms

• acs kamera

Norwegian Bokmål

kamera

Etymology

From Latin camera

Noun

kamera n ‎(definite singular kameraet, indefinite plural kamera or kameraer, definite plural kameraene)

1. camera (device for recording visual images, either on film or digitally)

Derived terms

• nettkamera
• videokamera
• webkamera

References

• “kamera” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin camera

Noun

kamera n ‎(definite singular kameraet, indefinite plural kamera, definite plural kameraa)

1. camera (as above)

Derived terms

• nettkamera
• videokamera
• webkamera

References

• “kamera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛra/

Noun

kamera f

1. (video) camera

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kàmera f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ка̀мера)

1. video camera

Declension

Swahili

kamera

Noun

kamera (ma class, plural makamera)

1. camera (for taking still pictures)

Swedish

Noun

kamera c

1. camera

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French caméra.

Noun

kamera ‎(definite accusative kamerayı, plural kameralar)

1. camera

Declension