English edit

 Cam (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kæm]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1 edit

 
A cam (shown in yellow)

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)). Doublet of comb.

Noun edit

cam (plural cams)

  1. A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
  2. A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
  3. (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
    • 1861, Dean Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:
      Cum doun t' cam' soid
  4. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Welsh: cam
Translations edit

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of camera.

Noun edit

cam (plural cams)

  1. (informal) Camera.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit

Verb edit

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

  1. To go on webcam with someone.

Etymology 3 edit

Adverb edit

cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)

  1. Alternative form of kam

Further reading edit

See also edit

Anagrams edit

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ǵómbʰos

Acholi edit

Noun edit

cam

  1. food

Caló edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Romani kham, from Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá, hot weather, sunshine).

Noun edit

cam m (plural cames)

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Synonym: ocán

References edit

  • 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.

Chinese edit

Etymology edit

From English cam, clipping of camera.

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

cam

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) camera, especially for filming, computing or surveillance purposes (Classifier: c;  c;  c;  c)

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Verb edit

cam

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to monitor or surveil with a camera

French edit

Etymology edit

From English cam, a shortening of camera.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cam f (plural cams)

  1. (cinematography) cam (device for filming)

Noun edit

cam m (uncountable)

  1. (military, nautical) contre-amiral (rear admiral (RAdm))

Alternative forms edit

  • CAm (contre-amiral)

Anagrams edit

Galician edit

Noun edit

cam m (plural cans, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of can

References edit

  • cam” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay cam. From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, to remember).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/, [ˈt͡ʃam]

Verb edit

cam

  1. (only with a negative) to be interested; to be taken by

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish camm. The sense bent, gay is a semantic loan from English bent.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cam (genitive singular masculine caim, genitive singular feminine caime, plural cama, comparative caime)

  1. crooked
  2. (offensive) bent (homosexual)
    Synonym: lúbtha

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Mutation edit

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.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104

Further reading edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, to remember).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/, [ˈt͡ʃam]

Verb edit

cam (Jawi spelling چم)

  1. to recognize by sight; to identify; to remember what has been seen
    Synonym: kenal pasti

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: cam

Further reading edit

Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish camm.

Adjective edit

cam (plural cammey)

  1. crooked
  2. deformed
  3. deceitful
  4. knotty (of wood)

Verb edit

cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)

  1. bow, distort, hook (as finger), crank (of object)

Mutation edit

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 Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

Related to Persian جام (jâm).

Noun edit

cam f

  1. glass

Old Irish edit

Adjective edit

cam

  1. Alternative spelling of camm

Declension edit

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
† not when substantivized

Mutation edit

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.

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin quam, or more likely from camai, from Latin quam magis.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

cam

  1. approximately, a little
  2. rather
    Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.
    This lake is rather dirty.

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Scots edit

Verb edit

cam

  1. past of come

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish camm.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cam

  1. crooked, askew

Declension edit

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

Mutation edit

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.

Southwestern Dinka edit

Noun edit

cam

  1. food

References edit

  • Dinka-English Dictionary[1], 2005

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish جام (cam), from Persian جام (jâm).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cam (definite accusative camı, plural camlar)

  1. glass
    Synonym: sırça
  2. (informal) window
    Synonym: pencere

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

cam

  1. of glass

Vietnamese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (orange).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam

  1. orange, such as or citrus sinensis sinensis or citrus aurantium
  2. Short for cam sành (Citrus reticulata × sinensis).
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Derived terms

Adjective edit

cam

  1. made of oranges
  2. (màu ~) of the colour orange
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Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
     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 thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

cam

  1. Short for camera.

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Celtic *kanksman, *kanxsman, from *kengeti.

Noun edit

cam m (plural camau)

  1. step, pace, footstep
  2. footfall (sound made by a footstep)
  3. footprint
  4. step (of a process), stage, phase
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.

Adjective edit

cam (feminine singular cam, plural ceimion, equative camed, comparative camach, superlative camaf)

  1. bent, crooked, distorted
  2. wrong, false, incorrect
    Gweithio yn gamTo do incorrectly
  3. wrong, unjust
  4. one-eyed, squint-eyed
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

cam m (plural camau)

  1. wrong, misdeed
    Synonyms: camwedd, pechod

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from English cam.

Noun edit

cam m (plural camau)

  1. cam

Mutation edit

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.

Yola edit

Verb edit

cam

  1. simple past tense of coome
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 5:
      Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,
      Old Father Devereux early came there,

References edit

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

Zhuang edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (to ask). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Saek ถ่าม.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cam (Sawndip forms 𰇼 or 𭆻 or 𭈧 or 𠮿 or or 𮞁, 1957–1982 spelling cam)

  1. to ask (to request an answer)
  2. to inquire; to ask
  3. to ask for instructions