câmara
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese camara, from Vulgar Latin camara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: câ‧ma‧ra
Noun
câmara f (plural câmaras)
- chamber
- council
- (Portugal) Alternative form of câmara municipal
- camera
- Synonyms: câmara fotográfica, máquina fotográfica
Derived terms
Descendants
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: kamara
- Indo-Portuguese: cambr, cambra
- Kabuverdianu: kánbra
- Kristang: kambra
- → Gujarati: કમરો (kamro)
- → Hindi: कमरा (kamrā)
- → Tetum: kámara
- → Urdu: کمرہ (kamra)
Noun
câmara m or f by sense (plural câmaras)
- cameraman, camerawoman
- Synonyms: cinegrafista, operador de câmara, cameraman
References
- ^ “câmara” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “câmara” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.