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3-letter words (2 found)

CAM,MAC,

2-letter words (2 found)

AM,MA,

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Definitions and meaning of cam

cam

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 Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá, “hot weather, sunshine”).

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: 部 c; 支 c; 隻／只 c; 個／个 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 Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kaumˠ/
  • (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): /kaːm/, /kʰaum/

Adjective

cam

  1. crooked, askew

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Comparative/superlative: caime

Mutation

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

cam

  1. food

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[1], 2005

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam

  1. orange, such as or citrus sinensis sinensis or citrus aurantium
  2. Short for cam sành (“Citrus reticulata × sinensis”).
See also

Adjective

cam

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

Etymology 2

Noun

cam

  1. Short for camera.

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
  2. footfall (sound made by a footstep)
  3. footprint
  4. step (of a process), stage, phase
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
  2. wrong, false, incorrect
    Gweithio yn gam ― To do incorrectly
  4. wrong, unjust
  5. one-eyed, squint-eyed
Derived terms

Noun

cam m (plural camau)

  2. 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), 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)

  1. to ask (to request an answer)
  2. to inquire; to ask
  3. to ask for instructions

Source: wiktionary.org