camcorder

camcorder

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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)

  1. 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)

  1. (rare, transitive) To record using a camcorder.

References

  • “camcorder”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • 'Camcorder' at the Online Etymology Dictionary

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