cam
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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”))
NounEdit
cam (plural cams)
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- (Britain, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- (rock climbing) A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Clipping of camera, from the first part of Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), itself from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”), from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“to arch”)
NounEdit
cam (plural cams)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
VerbEdit
cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)
- To go on webcam with someone.
Etymology 3Edit
AdverbEdit
cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)
- Alternative form of kam
Further readingEdit
- cam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
AnagramsEdit
AcholiEdit
NounEdit
cam
CalóEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
cam m
ReferencesEdit
- “cam” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 26.
- “cam” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
- “cam” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English cam, a shortening of camera.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cam f (plural cams)
- cam (device for filming)
NounEdit
cam m (uncountable)
Alternative formsEdit
- (contre-amiral): CAm
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
NounEdit
cam m (plural cans)
- Alternative form of can
ReferencesEdit
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish camm, from Proto-Celtic *kambos. The sense ‘bent, gay’ is a semantic loan from English bent.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
cam (genitive singular masculine caim, genitive singular feminine caime, plural cama, comparative caime)
DeclensionEdit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cam | cham | cama; chama² | |
Vocative | chaim | cama | ||
Genitive | caime | cama | cam | |
Dative | cam; cham¹ |
cham; chaim (archaic) |
cama; chama² | |
Comparative | níos caime | |||
Superlative | is caime |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
MutationEdit
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. |
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish camm, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.
AdjectiveEdit
cam (plural cammey)
VerbEdit
cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)
MutationEdit
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cam | cham | gam |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Northern KurdishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Persian جام (jâm).
NounEdit
cam f
Old IrishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
cam
- Alternative spelling of camm
DeclensionEdit
o/ā-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cam | cam | cam |
Vocative | caim* cam** | ||
Accusative | cam | caim | |
Genitive | caim | caime | caim |
Dative | cam | caim | cam |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | caim | cama | |
Vocative | camu cama† | ||
Accusative | camu cama† | ||
Genitive | cam | ||
Dative | camaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cam | cham | cam pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin quam, or more likely from camai, from Latin quam magis.
AdverbEdit
cam
- approximately, a little
- rather
- Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.
- This lake is rather dirty.
Related termsEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish camm, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
cam
DeclensionEdit
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
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
cam | cham |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Persian جام (jâm).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cam (definite accusative camı, plural camlar)
VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam
See alsoEdit
AdjectiveEdit
cam
See alsoEdit
Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text) | ||||
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trắng | xám | đen | ||
đỏ; thắm, thẫm | cam; nâu | vàng; kem | ||
vàng chanh | xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục | xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm | ||
xanh lơ, hồ thủy; xanh mòng két | xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh | xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam | ||
tím; chàm | tía | hồng |
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Celtic *kanksman, *kanxsman, from *kengeti.
NounEdit
cam m (plural camau)
- step, pace, footstep
- footfall (sound made by a footstep)
- footprint
- step (of a process), stage, phase
Derived termsEdit
- cam a cham (“step by step”)
- camu (“to step”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Brythonic *kambo-,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kambos, from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“to arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kambo- (“crooked”). Compare Old Irish camm. [2]
AdjectiveEdit
cam (feminine singular cam, plural ceimion, equative camed, comparative camach, superlative camaf)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
cam m (plural camau)
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
cam m (plural camau)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cam | gam | ngham | cham |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 106 ii (1)
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
ZhuangEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (“to ask”). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), Lü ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (tham), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thuem), Saek ถ่าม.
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɕaːm˨˦/
- Tone numbers: cam1
- Hyphenation: cam
VerbEdit
cam (old orthography cam)
- to ask (to request an answer)
- to inquire; to ask
- to ask for instructions