la
feminine
/ˈkamaɾa/
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Translation
camera, chamber, room
Word origin
From Latin camera ('vaulted room, chamber'), borrowed from Greek kamara ('anything with an arched cover'). The photographic sense is a shortening of camera obscura. English 'chamber' and 'camera' share the root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- camera
- English cognates
- chamber, camera
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralcamaras
Examples
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The security camera showed everything that happened that night.
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I need to buy a new camera before the trip abroad.
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The politicians discussed the law in the chamber for hours.
Sonríe , .
Smile at the camera, we are going to take a photo.
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He left the camera in the taxi and never got it back.
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