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Meaning of camera in English

camera
noun [ C ]
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/ˈkæm.rə/ us
/ˈkæm.rə/
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a device for taking photographs or making films or television programmes:
I forgot to take my camera with me to Portugal, so I couldn't take any photos.
Television camera crews broadcast the event all round the world.
It was said of Marilyn Monroe that the camera loved her (= that she looked very attractive on film and in photographs).
 
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on camera
appearing on a section of video:
They were caught on camera as they brutally attacked a man.
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(Definition of camera from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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camera
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈkæm·rə/
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a device for taking photographs, making films, or recording images on videotape
(Definition of camera from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Translations of camera

in Chinese (Traditional)
照相機, 攝像機…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
照相机, 摄像机…
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cámara, cámara [feminine]…
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in Portuguese
máquina fotográfica, câmera [feminine]…
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कॅमेरा…
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カメラ…
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kamera, fotoğraf makinesi, TV alıcısı…
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appareil-photo [masculine], caméra [feminine], appareil-photo…
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càmera…
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fototoestel, camera…
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புகைப்படங்கள் எடுப்பது அல்லது திரைப்படங்கள் அல்லது தொலைக்காட்சி நிகழ்ச்சிகளை உருவாக்குவதற்கான சாதனம்…
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कैमरा…
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કેમેરો, છબીયન્ત્ર…
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kamera, fjernsynskamera…
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kamera, tv-kamera…
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kamera…
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die Filmkamera, die Kamera…
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kamera [neuter], (film)kamera, fotoapparat…
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کیمرہ (تصویریں لینے کی ایک مشین، آلہ)…
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фотоапарат, камера…
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కెమెరా…
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ক্যামেরা, ছবি তোলা অথবা চলচ্চিত্র বা টেলিভিশনের অনুষ্ঠান প্রস্তুত করার যন্ত্র…
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fotoaparát, kamera…
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kamera…
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กล้องถ่ายภาพ, อุปกรณ์รับภาพและแปลงสัญญาณในโทรทัศน์…
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máy chụp ảnh, quay phim, sự quay phim…
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aparat (fotograficzny), kamera, aparat fotograficzny…
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카메라…
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macchina fotografica, telecamera…
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