caméra

See also: camera, càmera, câmera, and cameră

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English camera, itself from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”). Doublet of chambre, which was inherited from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.me.ʁa/

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Noun

caméra f (plural caméras)

1. (film) video camera

Derived terms

• caméra cachée
• caméra thermique

Related terms

• camescope

Descendants

• → Turkish: kamera

Further reading

• “caméra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).

Noun

caméra m (plural caméras)

1. (Jersey, photography) camera

Synonyms

• quéméreu

Derived terms

• caméra digital (“digital camera”)