"camcorder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-camcorder.wav [Southern-England] Forms: camcorders [plural]
Etymology: Blend of camera + recorder. Appears to be a borrowing from Japanese カムコーダー (kamukōdā), an original registered trademark filed for by Sony in 1981. First cited in English to 1982. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|camera|recorder}} Blend of camera + recorder, {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|カムコーダー}} カムコーダー (kamukōdā) Head templates: {{en-noun}} camcorder (plural camcorders)
  1. A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (electronic device): كَامِيرَا فِيدِيُو (kāmērā fīdiyū) [feminine] (Arabic), 攝像機 (Chinese Mandarin), 摄像机 (shèxiàngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), videokamera [feminine] (Czech), camcorder [masculine] (Dutch), videocamera [feminine] (Dutch), videokamera (Finnish), caméscope [masculine] (French), caméra vidéo [feminine] (French), Videokamera [feminine] (German), Camcorder [masculine] (German), カムコーダー (kamukōdā) (Japanese), ビデオカメラ (bideokamera) (Japanese), бейнекамера (beinekamera) (Kazakh), 캠코더 (kaemkodeo) (Korean), 비디오 카메라 (bidio kamera) (Korean), câmera filmadora (Portuguese), видеока́мера (videokámera) [feminine] (Russian), máy ghi hình (Vietnamese), máy quay (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-camcorder-en-noun-41p29a3R Disambiguation of Electronics: 98 2 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-camcorder.wav [Southern-England] Forms: camcorders [present, singular, third-person], camcordering [participle, present], camcordered [participle, past], camcordered [past]
Etymology: Blend of camera + recorder. Appears to be a borrowing from Japanese カムコーダー (kamukōdā), an original registered trademark filed for by Sony in 1981. First cited in English to 1982. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|camera|recorder}} Blend of camera + recorder, {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|カムコーダー}} カムコーダー (kamukōdā) Head templates: {{en-verb}} camcorder (third-person singular simple present camcorders, present participle camcordering, simple past and past participle camcordered)
  1. (rare, transitive) To record using a camcorder. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-camcorder-en-verb-pCwjDMqN

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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To record using a camcorder."
      ],
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          "record"
        ],
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          "camcorder",
          "#Noun"
        ]
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      ],
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      ]
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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}

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