Cam

Wikipedia

See also Appendix:Variations of "cam"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kæm], SAMPA: /k{m/
• Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

File:Came1.gif

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

Singular Cam

Plural {{{1}}}

Cam ({{{1}}})

1. A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
2. (rock-climbing) A spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

Derived terms

• overhead cam

Translations

part of engine

Czech: vačka cs(cs) f. Dutch: nok nl(nl) m. and f. Finnish: epäkesko, nokka, nostovarsi

German: Nocken m. Italian: camma it(it) f. Russian: эксцентрик ru(ru) m., кулачок ru(ru) m.

See also

• Template:Pedia

External links

• climbing cam

Etymology 2

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

Wikipedia

Singular Cam

Plural {{{1}}}

Cam ({{{1}}})

1. (informal) The shortened form of camera

Derived terms

• camcorder
• webcam

Translations

camera — see camera

Verb

Infinitive to Cam

Third person singular cams

Simple past cammed

Past participle -

Present participle camming

to Cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)

1. To go on webcam with someone

External links

• Cam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• acm, AMC, CMA, mac, Mac, Mac., MAC, mca

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Acholi

Noun

cam

1. food

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French

Etymology

English cam, from camera

Noun

Cam f. (plural Cams)

1. cam (device for filming)

Anagrams

• acm, AMC

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [kaumˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA: [kɑːmˠ] (Galway); IPA: [kamˠ] (Mayo)
• (Ulster) IPA: [kamˠ]

Adjective

Cam

1. crooked

Declension

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.

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Kurdish

Noun

Cam f.

1. 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

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin quam

Adverb

Cam

1. approximately, a little

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaːm/

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

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Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جام (jâm).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒam/

Noun

cam

1. A glass

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /ka:m/
• IPA: /kaːm/
• SAMPROSA: M[kaːm]

Noun

Cam [[Category:Template:Vi nouns|Cam]]

1. ([quả / trái] cam) The fruit orange

Derived terms

• cam sành - a Vietnamese citrus fruit similar to an orange
• cây cam - orange tree

Adjective

Cam [[Category:Template:Vi adjectives|Cam]]

1. made of oranges
2. ([màu] cam) of the colour orange

Derived terms

• nước cam - orange juice (literally: "orange water")
• sách màu cam - orange book (literally: "orange-coloured book")