webcam

English Online Dictionary. What means webcam‎? What does webcam mean?

English

Etymology

From Web +‎ cam, shortened from camera.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛbˌkæm/

Noun

webcam (plural webcams)

1. (computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.

Hypernyms

• netcam

Translations

Verb

webcam (third-person singular simple present webcams, present participle webcamming, simple past and past participle webcammed)

1. (intransitive) To take part in a video communication using a webcam.
2. (transitive) To film and broadcast with a webcam.

Further reading

• webcam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English webcam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛp.kɛm/
• Hyphenation: web‧cam

Noun

webcam m (plural webcams, diminutive webcammetje n)

1. webcam [late 1990s]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English webcam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛb.kam/

Noun

webcam f (plural webcams)

1. (computing, photography) webcam

   Synonyms: cam, webcaméra

Synonyms

• cybercaméra (France)

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English webcam.

Noun

webcam f (invariable)

1. (computing, photography) webcam

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English webcam.

Pronunciation

Noun

webcam f (plural webcams)

1. (computing) webcam (video camera viewed over a computer network)

   Synonym: câmara web

Spanish

Noun

webcam m (plural webcams)

1. webcam