kodak

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English

Etymology

Genericized trademark of Kodak.

Noun

kodak (plural kodaks)

1. (dated) A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
2. (dated) A still photograph.

Verb

kodak (third-person singular simple present kodaks, present participle kodaking, simple past and past participle kodaked)

1. (transitive, dated) To photograph.
2. (transitive, dated) To describe or characterise briefly and vividly.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:kodak.

Anagrams

• dokka

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English kodak, genericized trademark from Kodak.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ko‧dak

Noun

kodak

1. a camera; a device for taking still photographs

Verb

kodak

1. to take a photograph
2. to have one's photograph taken

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:kodak.

Indonesian

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Kodak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkodak/ [ˈko.dak̚]
• Rhymes: -odak
• Syllabification: ko‧dak

Noun

kodak (first-person possessive kodakku, second-person possessive kodakmu, third-person possessive kodaknya)

1. (colloquial, dated) camera

   Synonym: kamera

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Kodak.

Noun

kodak

1. camera

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Kodak.

Noun

kodak

1. camera

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English kodak, genericized trademark from Kodak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkodak/ [ˈkoː.d̪ɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -odak
• Syllabification: ko‧dak

Noun

kodak (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜃ᜔) (dated)

1. (broadly) camera (device for taking photographs)

   Synonym: kamera

2. (strictly) small portable camera (especially from Kodak)

Derived terms

References

• “kodak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 93

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈdak/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قودق (koduk), قودق (kodak, “donkey colt”)

Noun

kodak (definite accusative kodağı, plural kodaklar) (dialectal)

1. (Bulgarian Turks from Kocaeli, Çorum, Van, Kerkük) colt

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Turkish koduk. Several etymologies may be mixed here.

Noun

kodak (definite accusative kodağı, plural kodaklar) (dialectal)

1. family
2. (Salatin *Tire -İzmir) shelter
3. (Salatin *Tire -İzmir) home
4. (Aydın) follower
5. (Çorum) a child who is tied to his/her mother's apron strings

References