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English[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Etymology 1[edit | edit source]
A cam
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’”))
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Cam ({{{1}}})
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- (rock-climbing) A spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
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Etymology 2[edit | edit source]
From camera, from the first part of Latin camera obscura (“‘dark chamber’”), itself from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamara), “‘vaulted chamber’”), from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“‘to arch’”)
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Cam ({{{1}}})
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Verb[edit | edit source]
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to Cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)
- To go on webcam with someone
External links[edit | edit source]
- Cam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams[edit | edit source]
Acholi[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
cam
French[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Cam f. (plural Cams)
- cam (device for filming)
Anagrams[edit | edit source]
- acm, AMC
Irish[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Adjective[edit | edit source]
Cam
Declension[edit | edit source]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | |
cam | cham | gcam | |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Kurdish[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Cam f.
- glass (substance)
This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at glass. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see Cam in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2009
Romanian[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Latin quam
Adverb[edit | edit source]
Cam
Scottish Gaelic[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- IPA: /kaːm/
Adjective[edit | edit source]
cam
Declension[edit | edit source]
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cam | cham | cama |
Vocative | chaim | chaim | cama |
Genitive | chaim | chaim/caime | cam |
Dative | cham | chaim | cama |
Comparative/superlative: caime
Turkish[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From Persian جام (jâm).
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- IPA: /dʒam/
Noun[edit | edit source]
cam
- A glass
Vietnamese[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Cam [[Category:Template:Vi nouns|Cam]]
Derived terms[edit | edit source]
Adjective[edit | edit source]
Cam [[Category:Template:Vi adjectives|Cam]]
Derived terms[edit | edit source]
- nước cam - orange juice (literally: "orange water")
- sách màu cam - orange book (literally: "orange-coloured book")
ar:cam el:cam fa:cam fr:cam gl:cam hr:cam io:cam ky:cam ku:cam lo:cam hu:cam nl:cam ja:cam pt:cam ro:cam ru:cam fi:cam ta:cam tr:cam ug:cam vi:cam vo:cam zh:cam
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- English nouns
- Latin derivations
- Ancient Greek derivations
- Proto-Indo-European derivations
- Informal
- English verbs
- Acholi nouns
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- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Irish adjectives
- Kurdish nouns
- Tbot entries August 2009
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- Ro:Latin derivations
- Romanian adverbs
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Tr:Persian derivations
- Turkish nouns