English[]
Pronunciation[]
Etymology 1[]
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 |
Plural |
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.
Derived terms[]
- overhead cam
Translations[]
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See also[]
- Template:Pedia
External links[]
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[]
Singular |
Plural |
Cam ({{{1}}})
Derived terms[]
- camcorder
- webcam
Translations[]
Verb[]
Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
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[]
- Cam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams[]
Acholi[]
Noun[]
cam
- food
French[]
Etymology[]
Noun[]
Cam f. (plural Cams)
- cam (device for filming)
Anagrams[]
- acm, AMC
Irish[]
Pronunciation[]
Adjective[]
Cam
- crooked
Declension[]
Template:Ga-adj-1
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[]
Noun[]
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[]
Etymology[]
Latin quam
Adverb[]
Cam
- approximately, a little
Scottish Gaelic[]
Pronunciation[]
- IPA: /kaːm/
Adjective[]
cam
- crooked, askew
Declension[]
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[]
Etymology[]
From Persian جام (jâm).
Pronunciation[]
- IPA: /dʒam/
Noun[]
cam
- A glass
Vietnamese[]
Pronunciation[]
- SAMPA: /ka:m/
- IPA: /kaːm/
- SAMPROSA: M[kaːm]
Noun[]
Cam [[Category:Template:Vi nouns|Cam]]
- ([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]]
- made of oranges
- ([màu] cam) of the colour orange
Derived terms[]
- nước cam - orange juice (literally: "orange water")
- sách màu cam - orange book (literally: "orange-coloured book")
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