cam

cam

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Translingual

Symbol

cam

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Cèmuhî.

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Cèmuhî terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kæm]
  • Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

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

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.
  4. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Welsh: cam
Translations

See also

  • cam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Spring-loaded camming device on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Clipping of camera.

Noun

cam (plural cams)

  1. (informal) Camera.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

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

Adverb

cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)

  1. Alternative form of kam

Further reading

  • “cam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

See also

  • slick cam

Anagrams

  • ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CMA, MAC, MCA, Mac, Mac-, Mac., mac

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

Acholi

Noun

cam

  1. food

Caló

Etymology

    Inherited from Romani kham, from Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma), from Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós.

    Noun

    cam m (plural cames)

    1. (astronomy) sun
      Synonym: ocán

    References

    • “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

    Etymology

    From English cam, clipping of camera.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cam

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

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Verb

    cam

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

    French

    Etymology

    From English cam, a shortening of camera.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kam/

    Noun

    cam f (plural cams)

    1. (cinematography) cam (device for filming)

    Noun

    cam m (uncountable)

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

    Alternative forms

    • CAm (contre-amiral)

    Anagrams

    • AMC

    Galician

    Noun

    cam m (plural cans, reintegrationist norm)

    1. reintegrationist spelling of can

    References

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

    Indonesian

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/, [ˈt͡ʃam]

    Verb

    cam

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

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “cam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

    Irish

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /kaumˠ/
    • (Kerry) IPA(key): /koumˠ/
    • (Galway) IPA(key): /kɑːmˠ/
    • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /kamˠ/

    Adjective

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

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

    Declension

    Derived terms

    • caime f (crookedness)
    • camchosach (bandy-legged, adjective)
    • cam-mhuin f (wryneck)

    Related terms

    • camán m (shinty stick)
    • camóg f (crook)

    Descendants

    • Yola: caam

    Mutation

    References

    Further reading

    • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

    Malay

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/ [ˈt͡ʃam]

    Verb

    cam (Jawi spelling چم)

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

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Indonesian: cam

    Further reading

    • “cam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

    Manx

    Etymology

    From Old Irish camm.

    Adjective

    cam (plural cammey)

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

    Verb

    cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)

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

    Mutation

    Northern Kurdish

    Etymology

    Related to Persian جام (jâm).

    Noun

    cam f

    1. glass

    Old Irish

    Adjective

    cam

    1. Alternative spelling of camm

    Declension

    Mutation

    Romanian

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    cam

    1. approximately, a little
    2. rather

    Related terms

    • ca

    Scots

    Verb

    cam

    1. past of come

    Scottish Gaelic

    Etymology

    From Old Irish camm.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kʰaum/, [kʰãũm~kʰæ̃ũm]

    Adjective

    cam

    1. crooked, askew

    Declension

    First declension; forms of the positive degree:

    Comparative/superlative: caime

    Mutation

    References

    Southwestern Dinka

    Noun

    cam

    1. food

    References

    • Dinka-English Dictionary[2], 2005

    Tày

    Pronunciation

    • (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˥]
    • (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [kaːm˦]

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (Classifiers: mạy or mác) cam

    1. orange
      bủi mác camslices of orange
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Calque or borrowing from Vietnamese?”)

    Noun

    cam

    1. a vague kind of mouth ache, typically found in children
      cam cưa, cam nồm(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

    Particle

    cam

    1. (topicalizer) as for ..., it is/does/will ...
      Synonym: te̱

    References

    • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
    • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[5] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
    • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[6] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

    Turkish

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dʒam/

    Noun

    cam (definite accusative camı, plural camlar)

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

    Declension

    Derived terms

    • camcı

    Adjective

    cam

    1. of glass

    Declension

    Vietnamese

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]

    Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from (orange).

    Noun

    (classifier cây, trái, quả) cam

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

    Adjective

    cam

    1. made of oranges
    2. (màu ~) of the colour orange
    Derived terms
    See also

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    cam

    1. Short for camera.

    Etymology 3

    Sino-Vietnamese word from (sweet).

    Verb

    cam

    1. (chiefly in compounds) to be content with
    2. (only in compounds) to pledge, to guarantee
    Derived terms

    Romanization

    cam

    1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
    Derived terms

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kam/
    • Rhymes: -am

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    cam m (plural camau)

    1. step, pace, footstep
      Synonyms: camre, pas
    2. footfall (sound made by a footstep)
    3. footprint
      Synonym: ôl troed
    4. step (of a process), stage, phase
      Synonyms: gradd, adeg, pwynt, cyfnod
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

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

    Adjective

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

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

    Noun

    cam m (plural camau)

    1. wrong, misdeed
      Synonyms: camwedd, pechod

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from English cam.

    Noun

    cam m (plural camau)

    1. cam

    Mutation

    Yola

    Verb

    cam

    1. Alternative form of caame

    References

    • 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

    Etymology

    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

    • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɕaːm˨˦/
    • Tone numbers: cam1
    • Hyphenation: cam

    Verb

    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

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