kamera
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.mə.ra/
Crimean Tatar
Declension
nominative | kamera |
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genitive | kameranıñ |
dative | kamerağa |
accusative | kameranı |
locative | kamerada |
ablative | kameradan |
Czech
Etymology
Via Western-European languages (German Kamera, English camera) from New Latin camera obscura (literally “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]
Audio (file)
Declension
Derived terms
- kamera, klapka, jedeme!
- kameraman m
- kamerový
References
- "kamera" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from New Latin camera obscura, via one or more Germanic languages, most likely Swedish or German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑmerɑ/, [ˈkɑme̞rɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑmerɑ
- Syllabification(key): ka‧me‧ra
Declension
Inflection of kamera (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kamera | kamerat | |
genitive | kameran | kameroiden kameroitten | |
partitive | kameraa | kameroita | |
illative | kameraan | kameroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kamera | kamerat | |
accusative | nom. | kamera | kamerat |
gen. | kameran | ||
genitive | kameran | kameroiden kameroitten kamerainrare | |
partitive | kameraa | kameroita | |
inessive | kamerassa | kameroissa | |
elative | kamerasta | kameroista | |
illative | kameraan | kameroihin | |
adessive | kameralla | kameroilla | |
ablative | kameralta | kameroilta | |
allative | kameralle | kameroille | |
essive | kamerana | kameroina | |
translative | kameraksi | kameroiksi | |
instructive | — | kameroin | |
abessive | kameratta | kameroitta | |
comitative | — | kameroineen |
Possessive forms of kamera (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kamerani | kameramme |
2nd person | kamerasi | kameranne |
3rd person | kameransa |
Compounds
- autokamera
- automaattikamera
- digikamera
- digitaalikamera
- dokumenttikamera
- elokuvakamera
- filmikamera
- infrapunakamera
- internetkamera
- järjestelmäkamera
- kaitafilmikamera
- kamera-ajo
- kamerakulma
- kameralaukku
- kameramies
- kameranauhuri
- kamerapuhelin
- kamerapylväs
- kameraseura
- kamerataide
- kameratarkkailu
- kameratyöskentely
- kameravalvonta
- kameravaunu
- kertakäyttökamera
- kinofilmikamera
- kojelautakamera
- kompaktikamera
- kulunvalvontakamera
- laakafilmikamera
- laatikkokamera
- livekamera
- lämpökamera
- maalikamera
- melukamera
- mustavalkokamera
- nettikamera
- neulanreikäkamera
- nopeuskamera
- nopeusvalvontakamera
- paljekamera
- palkkikamera
- panoraamakamera
- peiliheijastuskamera
- peilikamera
- peruutuskamera
- piilokamera
- pikakamera
- polaroidkamera
- reproduktiokamera
- reprokamera
- sarjakamera
- stereokamera
- suukamera
- suurkuvakamera
- takakamera
- taskukamera
- televisiokamera
- turvakamera
- valokuvakamera
- valokuvauskamera
- valvontakamera
- verkkokamera
- videokamera
- värikamera
- webbikamera
- äänikamera
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English camera, from Latin camera (obscura) (literally “(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
- Rhymes: -rɒ
Noun
kamera (plural kamerák)
- camera (a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs)
- Synonyms: (for still pictures) fényképezőgép, (for moving pictures) filmfelvevő
- video camera
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kamera | kamerák |
accusative | kamerát | kamerákat |
dative | kamerának | kameráknak |
instrumental | kamerával | kamerákkal |
causal-final | kameráért | kamerákért |
translative | kamerává | kamerákká |
terminative | kameráig | kamerákig |
essive-formal | kameraként | kamerákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kamerában | kamerákban |
superessive | kamerán | kamerákon |
adessive | kameránál | kameráknál |
illative | kamerába | kamerákba |
sublative | kamerára | kamerákra |
allative | kamerához | kamerákhoz |
elative | kamerából | kamerákból |
delative | kameráról | kamerákról |
ablative | kamerától | kameráktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kameráé | kameráké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kameráéi | kamerákéi |
Possessive forms of kamera | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kamerám | kameráim |
2nd person sing. | kamerád | kameráid |
3rd person sing. | kamerája | kamerái |
1st person plural | kameránk | kameráink |
2nd person plural | kamerátok | kameráitok |
3rd person plural | kamerájuk | kameráik |
Derived terms
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch camera, from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), 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”). Doublet of kamar and kamerad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kaˈmɛ.ra]
- Hyphenation: ka‧mè‧ra
Noun
kamera (first-person possessive kameraku, second-person possessive kameramu, third-person possessive kameranya)
- camera, a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
Derived terms
- berkamera
Further reading
- “kamera” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
Declension
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | kamera | kameras |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | kameru | kameras |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | kameras | kameru |
dative (datīvs) | kamerai | kamerām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | kameru | kamerām |
locative (lokatīvs) | kamerā | kamerās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | kamera | kameras |
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkäːmɛrɐ]
Declension
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | kãmera | kãmeros |
genitive (kilmininkas) | kãmeros | kãmerų |
dative (naudininkas) | kãmerai | kãmeroms |
accusative (galininkas) | kãmerą | kãmeras |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | kãmera | kãmeromis |
locative (vietininkas) | kãmeroje | kãmerose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | kãmera | kãmeros |
Norwegian Bokmål

Noun
kamera n (definite singular kameraet, indefinite plural kamera or kameraer, definite plural kameraene)
- a camera (device for recording visual images, either on film or digitally)
- Synonym: fotoapparat
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kamera n (definite singular kameraet, indefinite plural kamera, definite plural kameraa)
- a camera (as above)
- Synonym: fotoapparat
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin camera. Doublet of komora (“chamber, ventricle”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English camera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈmɛ.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛra
- Syllabification: ka‧me‧ra
Noun
kamera f
- (rare) cell, chamber
- (photography) video camera
- Synonym: aparat fotograficzny
- (historical) office that manages the royal estates and reveniues
- Hypernym: urząd
- (military) groove in the barrel into which a round is inserted
- Hypernym: wyżłobienie
Declension
Derived terms
- kamerowy
- astrokamera
- kamera filmowa
- kamera fotogrametryczna
- kamera telewizyjna
- kamera wizyjna
- kamerownia
- kamerować impf
Related terms
- kameralistyczny
- kameralny
- kameralista
- kameralistyka
- kameralizacja
- kameralizm
- kameralność
- kameralizować impf
Serbo-Croatian
Swahili

Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Swedish
Etymology
From New Latin camera obscura (literally “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”). Doublet of kammare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑːm(ɛ)ra/
- The e is virtually never pronounced in everyday speech.
Declension
Declension of kamera | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kamera | kameran | kameror | kamerorna |
Genitive | kameras | kamerans | kamerors | kamerornas |
Derived terms
- bridgekamera
- bälgkamera
- digitalkamera
- filmkamera
- hålkamera
- kameravinkel
- kompaktkamera
- lådkamera
- nålhålskamera
- polaroidkamera
- småbildskamera
- spegelreflexkamera
- systemkamera
- videokamera
- webbkamera
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English camera, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára), of Old Iranian origin. Doublet of kamara.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra
- IPA(key): /ˈkameɾa/, [ˈka.me.ɾɐ]
Further reading
- “kamera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑˈmeɾɑ/
- Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra
Declension
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Definite accusative | kamerayı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dative | kameraya | kameralara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | kamerada | kameralarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- güvenlik kamerası (“security camera”)
- kameracı
- kamera şakası (“prank”)
- termal kamera (“thermal camera”)
Related terms
Further reading
- kamera in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kamera”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kamera”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı