Camera in Different Languages
Discover 'Camera' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Camera
Afrikaans kamera | ||
Albanian kamera | ||
Amharic ካሜራ | ||
Arabic الة تصوير | ||
Armenian տեսախցիկ | ||
Assamese কেমেৰা | ||
Aymara cámara ukax mä juk’a pachanakanwa | ||
Azerbaijani kamera | ||
Bambara kamera | ||
Basque kamera | ||
Belarusian фотаапарат | ||
Bengali ক্যামেরা | ||
Bhojpuri कैमरा के बा | ||
Bosnian kamera | ||
Bulgarian камера | ||
Catalan càmera | ||
Cebuano camera | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 相机 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 相機 | ||
Corsican camera | ||
Croatian fotoaparat | ||
Czech fotoaparát | ||
Danish kamera | ||
Dhivehi ކެމެރާ އެވެ | ||
Dogri कैमरा | ||
Dutch camera | ||
English camera | ||
Esperanto fotilo | ||
Estonian kaamera | ||
Ewe fotoɖemɔ̃ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) camera | ||
Finnish kamera | ||
French caméra | ||
Frisian kamera | ||
Galician cámara | ||
Georgian კამერა | ||
German kamera | ||
Greek φωτογραφικη μηχανη | ||
Guarani cámara rehegua | ||
Gujarati ક cameraમેરો | ||
Haitian Creole kamera | ||
Hausa kyamara | ||
Hawaiian kāmera | ||
Hebrew מַצלֵמָה | ||
Hindi कैमरा | ||
Hmong koob yees duab | ||
Hungarian kamera | ||
Icelandic myndavél | ||
Igbo igwefoto | ||
Ilocano kamera | ||
Indonesian kamera | ||
Irish ceamara | ||
Italian telecamera | ||
Japanese カメラ | ||
Javanese kamera | ||
Kannada ಕ್ಯಾಮೆರಾ | ||
Kazakh камера | ||
Khmer កាមេរ៉ា | ||
Kinyarwanda kamera | ||
Konkani कॅमेरो | ||
Korean 카메라 | ||
Krio kamera | ||
Kurdish kamîra | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کامێرا | ||
Kyrgyz камера | ||
Lao ກ້ອງຖ່າຍຮູບ | ||
Latin camera | ||
Latvian kamera | ||
Lingala kamera | ||
Lithuanian fotoaparatas | ||
Luganda kamera | ||
Luxembourgish kamera | ||
Macedonian камера | ||
Maithili कैमरा | ||
Malagasy fakan-tsary | ||
Malay kamera | ||
Malayalam ക്യാമറ | ||
Maltese kamera | ||
Maori kāmera | ||
Marathi कॅमेरा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯦꯃꯦꯔꯥꯗꯥ ꯌꯥꯑꯣꯔꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo camera hmanga siam a ni | ||
Mongolian камер | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကင်မရာ | ||
Nepali क्यामेरा | ||
Norwegian kamera | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kamera | ||
Odia (Oriya) କ୍ୟାମେରା | ||
Oromo kaameraa | ||
Pashto کیمره | ||
Persian دوربین | ||
Polish aparat fotograficzny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) câmera | ||
Punjabi ਕੈਮਰਾ | ||
Quechua cámara | ||
Romanian aparat foto | ||
Russian камера | ||
Samoan mea puʻe ata | ||
Sanskrit कॅमेरा | ||
Scots Gaelic camara | ||
Sepedi khamera | ||
Serbian камера | ||
Sesotho khamera | ||
Shona kamera | ||
Sindhi ڪئميرا | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කැමරා | ||
Slovak fotoaparát | ||
Slovenian kamero | ||
Somali kamarad | ||
Spanish cámara | ||
Sundanese kaméra | ||
Swahili kamera | ||
Swedish kamera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) camera | ||
Tajik камера | ||
Tamil புகைப்பட கருவி | ||
Tatar камера | ||
Telugu కెమెరా | ||
Thai กล้อง | ||
Tigrinya ካሜራ | ||
Tsonga khamera | ||
Turkish kamera | ||
Turkmen kamera | ||
Twi (Akan) mfoninitwa afiri | ||
Ukrainian камери | ||
Urdu کیمرہ | ||
Uyghur كامېرا | ||
Uzbek kamera | ||
Vietnamese máy ảnh | ||
Welsh camera | ||
Xhosa ikhamera | ||
Yiddish אַפּאַראַט | ||
Yoruba kamẹra | ||
Zulu ikhamera |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Kamera" also means "comrade" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "kamera" can also refer to a "room" or "chamber", possibly derived from the Latin "camera" meaning "vault" or "arched room". |
| Amharic | The word ካሜራ (camera) is derived from the Latin word "camera", which originally referred to a room or chamber. |
| Arabic | The word "camera" comes from the Latin word "camera", which means "room". In the early days of photography, cameras were large and box-shaped, and they were often used in a dark room or a "camera obscura". |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the word "kamera" can also refer to one's appearance or style. |
| Basque | "Kamera" in Basque is used to refer to the room in a farm dedicated to the storage of tools. |
| Bengali | The word "ক্যামেরা" is derived from the Latin word "camera", meaning "room" or "chamber", and can also refer to a photographic device. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, besides its primary meaning, "kamera" can also mean a "prison cell" or a "brothel". |
| Bulgarian | The word "камера" can also mean "room" or "chamber" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "càmera" can refer to a photographic apparatus or a room in a building. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "camera" can also mean a room for a specific purpose or a chamber of a legislative body. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 相机 (相机) 一词在中文中还有“观察的角度或立场”的意思，而“机”字在古代汉语中还有“观察”的意思。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "相機" (camera) literally means "measuring instrument", as in the past cameras were used to measure distances in surveying. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "camera" refers to "room" and "prison cell", not just a photographic device. |
| Croatian | The word "fotoaparat" comes from the Greek words "phōs" (light) and "aparat" (instrument) |
| Czech | "Fotoaparát" is Czech for "camera", which comes from Greek "photós" meaning "light" and Latin "apparatus" meaning "device". |
| Danish | The Danish word "kamera" derives from the Latin "camera", meaning "room" or "chamber", referring to the camera obscura, a darkened room used as an early form of camera. |
| Dutch | Dutch "camera" can mean both "camera" and "room". |
| Esperanto | The word 'fotilo' is derived from the Latin word 'fotis', which means 'light'. |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "kaamera" relates to "kammer" (room) and originally referred to the dark room used in photography. |
| Finnish | The word "kamera" derives from the Greek word "kamara" meaning "chamber" or "room", reflecting the camera's function as a darkened chamber where light creates an image. |
| French | In French, "caméra" can also refer to a room in a hospital or prison used for solitary confinement. |
| Frisian | In addition to its meaning as "camera," "kamera" in Frisian can mean "comrade" or "friend." |
| Galician | In Galician, "cámara" not only means "camera", but also "room" or "chamber". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "კამერა" ultimately derives from the Latin word "camera", meaning a room or chamber, thus it originally meant any small room in a house or building, before acquiring its modern meaning. |
| German | In German, "Kamera" can also refer to a video camera or a speed camera. |
| Greek | The Greek term "ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΗ ΜΗΧΑΝΗ" is composed by two words that individually translate as "light" (ΦΩΣ, phōs) and "drawing" (ΓΡΑΦΗ, graphē). |
| Gujarati | "Camera" also refers to a person whose profession is to operate the camera in photography or film making. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word 'kamera' can also mean 'room' or 'space'. |
| Hausa | "Kyamara" originated from the Hausa word "kama," meaning "to take" or "to capture," which aligns with the function of a camera as a capturing device. |
| Hawaiian | Kāmera translates from Hawaiian to 'room,' but its original meaning is 'a chamber for the King's advisors to deliberate in.' |
| Hebrew | The word מצלמה (camera) is derived from the Hebrew word צלם (image) and the Latin word camera (room), both referring to the dark chamber used in early photography. |
| Hindi | The term कैमरा (camera) derives from the Latin word 'camera,' which refers to a room or a vault. |
| Hmong | The word "koob yees duab" literally means "to see two times" |
| Hungarian | {"text": "Kamera comes from the Latin "camera," meaning both "room" and "chamber," possibly alluding to a camera being a type of room or chamber which produces images."} |
| Icelandic | The word "myndavél" literally translates as "image machine" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | "Igwefoto" is a portmanteau of "igwe" (eye) and "foto" (photo), a literal translation of the English word "camera." |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, 'kamera' can also refer to a group of people working together on a specific task. |
| Irish | In Irish folklore, Ceamara is the name of a mythical creature believed to capture the souls of dying people with its camera-like eyes. |
| Italian | Telecamera derives from Greek 'tele' ('far') and Latin 'camera' ('room'), referring to the concept of capturing distant images within a darkened chamber. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the word カメラ (kamera) originally referred to a small room rather than a device for taking pictures. |
| Javanese | "Kamera" in Javanese also means "eye" or "lens". |
| Kannada | The word "ಕ್ಯಾಮೆರಾ" is derived from the Latin word "camera", which means "room" or "chamber". |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word "камера" can also refer to a prison cell. |
| Khmer | The word "កាមេរ៉ា" ("camera") in Khmer comes from the Khmer word "ចាម" which means “to see," and the Sanskrit word "कर्म". It can also be used to refer to a mirror. |
| Korean | In Korean, 카메라 (camera) derives from the Portuguese word "câmara", meaning chamber or room. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "kamîra" also means "mirror" or "lens". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "камера" in Kyrgyz also means "room", "chamber", and "cell". |
| Latin | In Latin, 'camera' can also mean a vaulted ceiling, chamber, or room. |
| Latvian | In ancient Greek, "kamera" originally referred to a "vaulted ceiling," and in medieval Latin, the word was applied specifically to the "chamber or private room of a pope or cardinal." |
| Lithuanian | The word "fotoaparatas" derives from the Greek words "phos" (light) and "graphein" (to write), and can also mean "apparatus for writing with light". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Kamera" also means "photo or video recording device" and "room or space where photos or videos are taken" |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "камера" also means "inner room" or "small chamber". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word for camera, "fakan-tsary," literally means "machine for writing images." |
| Malay | The word "kamera" in Malay is derived from the Portuguese word "câmera", meaning "room" or "chamber", and is used specifically to refer to a photographic camera. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, 'ക്യാമറ' can also refer to a water storage container, a measure of capacity, and a ritual performed before starting a journey. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "kamera" can also refer to a prison cell or a person who is a member of a particular political party. |
| Maori | Some scholars believe the word "kāmera" was originally a term for a type of trap or snare in Maori, possibly from the word "kā" meaning "to bite" or "to catch". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "कॅमेरा" is derived from the Latin word "camera", meaning "room" or "chamber". |
| Mongolian | Mongolian and Russian "камер" ("camera") both descend from the Persian for "private room" or "vault". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word 'camera' in Myanmar (Burmese) is derived from the Portuguese word 'camara', which originally referred to a treasury or vault. |
| Nepali | The word "क्यामेरा" also means "room" in Nepali, and comes from the Sanskrit word "कमरा" (kamara), meaning "chamber" or "room." |
| Norwegian | "Kamera" in Norwegian also refers to a closet for food storage. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Kamera comes from the Arabic word "qamara" meaning "dark room." |
| Pashto | Etymology: Ultimately from the Greek word 'kamara' meaning 'chamber' or 'room', via the Arabic 'qamara' and the Persian 'kamra'. |
| Persian | دوربین is Persian for the Western concept of a 'camera,' but literally translates to 'far-vision,' or 'telescope'. |
| Polish | The word "aparat fotograficzny" is derived from the Greek words "ἀπαρά" (aparά) meaning "away" and "γράφω" (gráphō) meaning "to write". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "Câmera" in Portuguese can also refer to a space or room, particularly a legislative chamber or a courtroom. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਕੈਮਰਾ" (camera) is based on the Persian word "qamar" meaning 'moon' or 'satellite', and is related to the English word "camera", with a similar meaning. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "aparat foto" is a borrowing from the French word "appareil photographique", which literally means "photographic apparatus". |
| Russian | In Russian, the word "камера" can also refer to a prison cell or a legislative chamber. |
| Samoan | The literal translation of "mea puʻe ata" as "thing that captures images" highlights its primary function as a device for recording visual representations. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "camara" can also refer to a vaulted chamber or a hiding place. |
| Serbian | The word "Камера" can also refer to a prison cell or a room in a monastery. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, 'khamera' can also mean 'a cave where the sun's rays don't reach'. |
| Shona | In Shona, 'kamera' not only means 'camera', but also refers to a type of traditional head wrap worn by women, particularly in rural areas. |
| Sindhi | The word 'camera' originates from the Latin word 'camera', meaning a room or chamber. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "කැමරා" is also used to refer to a type of traditional Sri Lankan musical instrument. |
| Slovak | The word "fotoaparát" is derived from the Latin words "foto" (light) and "apparatus" (device). |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, the word 'kamero' also refers to a prison cell, possibly due to its resemblance to a 'room'. |
| Somali | The word 'kamarad' (camera) in Somali is thought to derive from the Arabic word 'qamara' meaning 'moon', as the camera is used to capture images of light. |
| Spanish | Cámara also means "room" in Spanish, and is related to "chamber" in English, both sharing a common Latin etymology. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, a "kaméra" can also refer to a photographic film or a projector. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'kamera' originates from the English word 'camera' and originally referred to a 'room', but its meaning has since shifted to exclusively mean a 'camera'. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, the word "kamera" can also refer to a "comrade" or a "friend". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "kamera" can also refer to the "chamber" of a firearm or the "room" in a house. |
| Tajik | The word "камера" can also refer to a prison or a chamber in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word புகைப்பட கருவி literally means "smoke-photograph tool" and is used to describe both a camera and a cigarette lighter. |
| Telugu | The word "కెమెరా" (camera) is most likely derived from the Hindustani word "kamra" (room), referring to the camera obscura, the precursor to the modern camera. |
| Thai | The Thai word "กล้อง" (camera) is derived from the Malay word "kelong, |
| Turkish | "Kamera" kelimesi Farsçada "mahzen" anlamına gelir. |
| Ukrainian | The word "камери" in Ukrainian has its roots in the Greek word "kamara", meaning "vault" or "chamber". |
| Urdu | کیمرہ (camera) is a loan word from the English language with the original meaning 'chamber'. |
| Uzbek | Kamera is an Uzbek word borrowed from Persian, ultimately derived from Arabic qamara "vault, (domed) room". |
| Vietnamese | The word "Máy ảnh" literally translates to "eye machine" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | Welsh "camera" can also refer to various curved or vaulted objects, like a cave or a vault. |
| Xhosa | The word "ikhamera" is derived from the Greek word "kamara", which means "chamber" or "room", and refers to the darkroom in which photographic film is processed. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אַפּאַראַט" (camera) comes from the German word "Apparat", which refers to a device or instrument. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, "kamẹra" can also mean "one who watches or observes". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ikhamera' may also refer to an 'instrument of divination'. |
| English | The term 'camera' originates from the Latin word 'camera', meaning 'room' or 'chamber'. |