English Online Dictionary. What means cam? What does cam mean?
Translingual
Symbol
cam
- (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)
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
- (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)
- (informal) Camera.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)
- To go on webcam with someone.
Etymology 3
Adverb
cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)
- 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
- 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)
- (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
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) camera, especially for filming, computing or surveillance purposes (Classifier: 部 c; 支 c; 隻/只 c; 個/个 c)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
cam
- (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)
- (cinematography) cam (device for filming)
Noun
cam m (uncountable)
- (military, nautical) contre-amiral (rear admiral (RAdm))
Alternative forms
- CAm (contre-amiral)
Anagrams
- AMC
Galician
Noun
cam m (plural cans, reintegrationist norm)
- 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
- (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)
- crooked
- (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)
- 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)
- crooked
- deformed
- deceitful
- knotty (of wood)
Verb
cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)
- bow, distort, hook (as finger), crank (of object)
Mutation
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Related to Persian جام (jâm).
Noun
cam f
- glass
Old Irish
Adjective
cam
- Alternative spelling of camm
Declension
Mutation
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin quam, or more likely from camai, from Latin quam magis.
Pronunciation
Adverb
cam
- approximately, a little
- rather
Related terms
- ca
Scots
Verb
cam
- past of come
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish camm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰaum/, [kʰãũm~kʰæ̃ũm]
Adjective
cam
- crooked, askew
Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
Comparative/superlative: caime
Mutation
References
Southwestern Dinka
Noun
cam
- 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
- orange
- bủi mác cam ― slices 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
- 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
- (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)
- glass
- Synonym: sırça
- (informal) window
- Synonym: pencere
Declension
Derived terms
- camcı
Adjective
cam
- of glass
Declension
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).
Noun
(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam
- orange, such as Citrus × sinensis or Citrus aurantium (bitter orange)
- Short for cam sành (“Citrus reticulata × sinensis”).
Derived terms
Adjective
cam
- made of oranges
- (màu ~) of the colour orange
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
cam
- Short for camera.
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 甘 (“sweet”).
Verb
cam
- (chiefly in compounds) to be content with
- (only in compounds) to pledge, to guarantee
Derived terms
Romanization
cam
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 甘
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kam/
- Rhymes: -am
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *kanksman, *kanxsman, from *kengeti.
Noun
cam m (plural camau)
- step, pace, footstep
- Synonyms: camre, pas
- footfall (sound made by a footstep)
- footprint
- Synonym: ôl troed
- 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)
- bent, crooked, distorted
- Synonym: gŵyr
- wrong, false, incorrect
- Gweithio yn gam ― To do incorrectly
- wrong, unjust
- one-eyed, squint-eyed
Derived terms
Noun
cam m (plural camau)
- wrong, misdeed
- Synonyms: camwedd, pechod
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English cam.
Noun
cam m (plural camau)
- cam
Mutation
Yola
Verb
cam
- 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), Lü 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 仨 or 𮞁, 1957–1982 spelling cam)
- to ask (to request an answer)
- to inquire; to ask
- to ask for instructions