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English

 Cam (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

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

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
Descendants
  • → Welsh: cam
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Clipping of camera.

Noun

cam (plural cams)

  1. (informal) Camera.
Derived terms
Translations
camera — see camera

Verb

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

Adverb

cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)

  1. Alternative form of kam

Further reading

See also

Anagrams

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

Acholi

Noun

cam

  1. food

Caló

Etymology

Inherited from Romani kham, from Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá, “hot weather, sunshine”).

Noun

cam m (plural cames)

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Synonym: ocán

References

  • “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

Etymology

From English cam, clipping of camera.

Pronunciation

Noun

cam

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) camera, especially for filming, computing or surveillance purposes (Classifier: 部 c; 支 c; 隻／只 c; 個／个 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 相機 (“camera”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 相機, 照相機, 攝影機
Mandarin Beijing 相機, 照相機
Taiwan 相機, 照相機
Tianjin 照相機
Chengde 照相機, 相匣子 dated
Tangshan 相機, 照相機
Cangzhou 相機, 照相機
Baoding 相機, 照相機
Shijiazhuang 照相機
Chifeng 相機, 照相機
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 照相機
Heihe 相機, 照相機
Qiqihar 相機, 照相機
Harbin 相機, 照相機
Jiamusi 相機, 照相機
Baicheng 照相機
Changchun 照相機
Tonghua 照相機
Shenyang 相機, 照相機
Dandong 相機, 照相機
Jinzhou 相機, 照相機
Dalian 照相機
Yantai 照相兒機
Qingdao 照相機
Lijin 照相機
Zhucheng 相機, 照相機
Jinan 相機, 照相機
Jining 照相機
Shangqiu 相機, 照相機
Yuanyang 照相機
Zhengzhou 相機, 照相機
Lingbao 照相機
Xinyang 照相機
Baihe 照相機
Hanzhong 照相機
Xi'an 照相機
Baoji 照相機
Yinchuan 照相機
Tianshui 照相機
Lanzhou 相機, 照相機
Dunhuang 相機, 照相機
Xining 照相機
Hami 相機, 照相機
Ürümqi 照相機
Yichang 照相機
Xiangyang 相機, 照相機
Tianmen 照相機
Hong'an 照相機
Chengdu 相機, 照相機
Nanchong 相機, 照相機
Dazhou 照相機
Hanyuan 照相機
Xichang 相機, 照相機
Zigong 相機, 照相機
Chongqing 相機, 照相機
Guiyang 相機, 照相機
Zunyi 相機, 照相機
Bijie 照相機
Liping 照相機
Zhaotong 照相機
Dali 照相機
Kunming 相機, 照相機
Mengzi 相機
Guilin 照相機
Liuzhou 相機, 照相機
Jishou 照相機
Changde 照相機
Anqing 照相機
Xuzhou 相機, 照相機
Fuyang 照相機
Yangzhou 相機, 照相機
Lianyungang 相機, 照相機
Lianshui 拍相機
Nanjing 照相機
Hefei 照相機
Nantong 照相機
Singapore 相機, 照相機
Cantonese Guangzhou 影相機
Hong Kong 相機, 影相機, cam
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 影相機
Macau 影相機
Guangzhou (Panyu) 影相機
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 影相機
Guangzhou (Conghua) 影相機
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 影相機
Foshan 影相機
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 影相機
Foshan (Shunde) 影相機
Foshan (Sanshui) 影相機
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 影相機
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 影相機
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 影相機
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 影相機
Zhuhai (Doumen) 影相機
Jiangmen (Baisha) 影相機
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 影相機
Taishan 影相機
Taishan (Guanghai) 影相機
Kaiping (Chikan) 影相機
Enping (Niujiang) 影相機
Heshan (Yayao) 影相機
Dongguan 影相機
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 影相機
Mandalay (Taishan) 影相機
Hakka Meixian 照相機, 影相機, 攝影機
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 影相機
Dongguan (Qingxi) 影相機
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 照相機
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 影相機
Conghua (Lütian) 相機
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 翕相機, 卡麥拉
Huizhou Shexian 照相機
Jin Taiyuan 照相機
Yangyuan 相機, 照相機
Datong 照相機
Xinzhou 照相機
Lishi 照相機
Linfen 照相機
Changzhi 照相機
Linhe 照相機
Jining 照相機
Hohhot 照相機
Erenhot 照相機
Pingshan 照相機
Zhangjiakou 照相機
Handan 照相機
Linzhou 照相機
Suide 照相機
Northern Min Jian'ou 照相機
Eastern Min Fuzhou 䀹相機
Southern Min Xiamen 像機, 翕像機, 照像機
Quanzhou 像機
Zhangzhou 像機, 影櫃仔
Taipei 翕像機, kha-mé-lah GT
Kaohsiung 翕像機
Yilan 翕像機
Changhua (Lukang) 翕像機
Taichung 翕像機
Taichung (Wuqi) 翕像機
Tainan 翕像機
Taitung 翕像機
Hsinchu 翕像機
Penghu (Magong) 翕像機
Penang (Hokkien) 小影機
Singapore (Hokkien) 像機
Manila (Hokkien) 像機
Shantou 照相機, 耗相機
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 影相機
Wu Shanghai 照相機
Wenzhou 照相機
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Derived terms

Verb

cam

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to monitor or surveil with a camera

French

Etymology

From English cam, a shortening of camera.

Pronunciation

Noun

cam f (plural cams)

  1. (cinematography) cam (device for filming)

Noun

cam m (uncountable)

  1. (military, nautical) contre-amiral (rear admiral (RAdm))

Alternative forms

  • CAm (contre-amiral)

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

cam m (plural cans, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of can

References

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cam. From Sanskrit . Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, “to remember”).

Pronunciation

Verb

cam

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish camm. The sense “bent, gay” is a semantic loan from English bent.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cam (genitive singular masculine caim, genitive singular feminine caime, plural cama, comparative caime)

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

Declension

Declension of cam
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cam cham cama;
chama²
Vocative chaim cama
Genitive caime cama cam
Dative cam;
cham¹ 		cham;
chaim (archaic) 		cama;
chama²
Comparative níos caime
Superlative is caime

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Mutation

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.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit . Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, “to remember”).

Pronunciation

Verb

cam (Jawi spelling چم)

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

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: cam

Further reading

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish camm.

Adjective

cam (plural cammey)

  1. crooked
  2. deformed
  3. deceitful
  4. knotty (of wood)

Verb

cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)

  1. bow, distort, hook (as finger), crank (of object)

Mutation

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

Etymology

Related to Persian جام (jâm).

Noun

cam f

  1. glass

Old Irish

Adjective

cam

  1. Alternative spelling of camm

Declension

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

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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quam, or more likely from camai, from Latin quam magis.

Pronunciation

Adverb

cam

  1. approximately, a little
  2. rather
    Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.
    This lake is rather dirty.

Related terms

Scots

Verb

cam

  1. past of come

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish camm.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cam

  1. crooked, askew

Declension

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

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

Noun

cam

  1. food

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جام (cam), from Persian جام (jâm).

Pronunciation

Noun

cam (definite accusative camı, plural camlar)

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative cam
Definite accusative camı
Singular Plural
Nominative cam camlar
Definite accusative camı camları
Dative cama camlara
Locative camda camlarda
Ablative camdan camlardan
Genitive camın camların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular camım camlarım
2nd singular camın camların
3rd singular camı camları
1st plural camımız camlarımız
2nd plural camınız camlarınız
3rd plural camları camları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular camımı camlarımı
2nd singular camını camlarını
3rd singular camını camlarını
1st plural camımızı camlarımızı
2nd plural camınızı camlarınızı
3rd plural camlarını camlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular camıma camlarıma
2nd singular camına camlarına
3rd singular camına camlarına
1st plural camımıza camlarımıza
2nd plural camınıza camlarınıza
3rd plural camlarına camlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular camımda camlarımda
2nd singular camında camlarında
3rd singular camında camlarında
1st plural camımızda camlarımızda
2nd plural camınızda camlarınızda
3rd plural camlarında camlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular camımdan camlarımdan
2nd singular camından camlarından
3rd singular camından camlarından
1st plural camımızdan camlarımızdan
2nd plural camınızdan camlarınızdan
3rd plural camlarından camlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular camımın camlarımın
2nd singular camının camlarının
3rd singular camının camlarının
1st plural camımızın camlarımızın
2nd plural camınızın camlarınızın
3rd plural camlarının camlarının
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular camım camlarım
2nd singular camsın camlarsın
3rd singular cam
camdır 		camlar
camlardır
1st plural camız camlarız
2nd plural camsınız camlarsınız
3rd plural camlar camlardır

Derived terms

Adjective

cam

  1. of glass

Declension

predicative forms of cam
present tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I am) camım cam mıyım? cam değilim cam değil miyim?
sen (you are) camsın cam mısın? cam değilsin cam değil misin?
o (he/she/it is) cam / camdır cam mı? cam değil cam değil mi?
biz (we are) camız cam mıyız? cam değiliz cam değil miyiz?
siz (you are) camsınız cam mısınız? cam değilsiniz cam değil misiniz?
onlar (they are) cam(lar) cam(lar) mı? cam değil(ler) cam değiller mi?
past tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) camdım cam mıydım? cam değildim cam değil miydim?
sen (you were) camdın cam mıydın? cam değildin cam değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was) camdı cam mıydı? cam değildi cam değil miydi?
biz (we were) camdık cam mıydık? cam değildik cam değil miydik?
siz (you were) camdınız cam mıydınız? cam değildiniz cam değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were) camdılar cam mıydılar? cam değildi(ler) / değillerdi cam değil miydiler?
indirect past
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) cammışım cam mıymışım? cam değilmişim cam değil miymişim?
sen (you were) cammışsın cam mıymışsın? cam değilmişsin cam değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) cammış cam mıymış? cam değilmiş cam değil miymiş?
biz (we were) cammışız cam mıymışız? cam değilmişiz cam değil miymişiz?
siz (you were) cammışsınız cam mıymışsınız? cam değilmişsiniz cam değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) cammışlar cam mıymışlar? cam değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş cam değil miymişler?
conditional
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (if I) camsam cam mıysam? cam değilsem cam değil miysem?
sen (if you) camsan cam mıysan? cam değilsen cam değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it) camsa cam mıysa? cam değilse cam değil miyse?
biz (if we) camsak cam mıysak? cam değilsek cam değil miysek?
siz (if you) camsanız cam mıysanız? cam değilseniz cam değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they) camsalar cam mıysalar? cam değilseler / değillerse cam değil miyseler?

Vietnamese

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(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
Derived terms

Adjective

cam

  1. made of oranges
  2. (màu ~) of the colour orange
See also
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 thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng

Etymology 2

Noun

cam

  1. Short for camera.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kanksman, *kanxsman, from *kengeti.

Noun

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.

Adjective

cam (feminine singular cam, plural ceimion, equative camed, comparative camach, superlative camaf)

  1. bent, crooked, distorted
  2. wrong, false, incorrect
    Gweithio yn gam ― To do incorrectly
  4. wrong, unjust
  5. one-eyed, squint-eyed
Derived terms

Noun

cam m (plural camau)

  2. wrong, misdeed
    Synonyms: camwedd, pechod

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cam.

Noun

cam m (plural camau)

  1. cam

Mutation

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

Verb

cam

  1. Alternative form of caame
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 5:
      Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,
      Old Father Devereux early came there,

References

  • 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

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (“to ask”). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), Lü ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Saek ถ่าม.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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