English Online Dictionary. What means camcorder? What does camcorder mean?
English
Etymology
Blend of camera + recorder. Appears to be a borrowing from Japanese カムコーダー (kamukōdā), an original registered trademark filed for by Sony in 1981.
First cited in English to 1982.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/
Noun
camcorder (plural camcorders)
- A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.
Translations
Verb
camcorder (third-person singular simple present camcorders, present participle camcordering, simple past and past participle camcordered)
- (rare, transitive) To record using a camcorder.
References
- “camcorder”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- 'Camcorder' at the Online Etymology Dictionary