la

feminine

/ka.me.ʁa/

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Translation

camera

Word origin

From Latin camera ('a vaulted room, a chamber'), via the optical device camera obscura ('dark chamber'). The same root gives English 'camera' and 'chamber'.

Origin: Latin
Root: camera
English cognates: camera, chamber

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralcaméras

Examples

continu.

The camera films the whole scene continuously.

Surveillance cameras are installed everywhere.

l' .

He carries the camera on his shoulder during filming.

, !

Smile, you are in front of the camera!

This camera records very high-quality footage.

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This word is part of lesson 18.