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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæmʃæft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-camshaft.wav [US] Forms: camshafts [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos Proto-Germanic *kambaz Proto-West Germanic ᚲᚨᛒᚨ Proto-West Germanic *kamb Old Dutch *kamb Middle Dutch kamp Dutch kamder. English cam English shaft English camshaft From cam + shaft. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|cam<id:cog>|shaft|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos Proto-Germanic *kambaz Proto-West Germanic ᚲᚨᛒᚨ Proto-West Germanic *kamb Old Dutch *kamb Middle Dutch kamp Dutch kamder. English cam English shaft English camshaft [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵembʰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵómbʰos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kambaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "ᚲᚨᛒᚨ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kamb", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Dutch", "term" : "*kamb", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "odt" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle Dutch", "term" : "kamp", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "dum" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Dutch", "term" : "kam", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "nl" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cam", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "shaft", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "camshaft", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="camshaft"> From cam + shaft. Head templates: {{en-noun}} camshaft (plural camshafts)
  1. A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves. Wikidata QID: Q13707 Hypernyms: shaft, component, part Related terms: valve train, valvetrain (english: often holonymous) Coordinate_terms: crankshaft Translations (a shaft fitted with cams): عَمُود الحَدَبَات (ʕamūd al-ḥadabāt) [masculine] (Arabic), marbr meudek [masculine] (Breton), разпределителен вал (razpredelitelen val) (Bulgarian), 凸輪軸 /凸轮轴 (tūlúnzhóu) (Chinese Mandarin), vačkový hřídel (Czech), kamaksel (Danish), nokkenas [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kamŝafto (Esperanto), nukkvõll (Estonian), nokka-akseli (Finnish), arbre à cames (French), Nockenwelle [feminine] (German), גַּל פִּיקוֹת (gal pikot) [masculine] (Hebrew), גַּל זִיזִים (gal zizim) [masculine] (Hebrew), poros bubungan (Indonesian), albero a camme [masculine] (Italian), paskirstymo velenas [masculine] (Lithuanian), брегаста осови́на (bregasta osovína) [feminine] (Macedonian), kamaksel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kamaksel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kamaksling [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), брегаста осовина (brehasta osovina) [feminine] (Pannonian Rusyn), wałek rozrządu [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), wałek rozrządczy [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), eixo de comando [masculine] (Portuguese), árvore de cames [feminine] (Portuguese), arbore cu came [masculine] (Romanian), ax cu came [neuter] (Romanian), распределительный кулачковый вал (raspredelitelʹnyj kulačkovyj val) [masculine] (Russian), распредвал (raspredval) [masculine] (Russian), árbol de levas [masculine] (Spanish), kamaxel [common-gender] (Swedish), tandos-umbok (Tagalog), eksantrik mili (Turkish), kam mili (Turkish), trục cam (Vietnamese), camwerthyd [feminine] (Welsh), camsiafft [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ʕamūd al-ḥadabāt",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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      "word": "عَمُود الحَدَبَات"
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      "lang": "Breton",
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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      "word": "marbr meudek"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "razpredelitelen val",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "разпределителен вал"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "tūlúnzhóu",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "凸輪軸 /凸轮轴"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "vačkový hřídel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "kamaksel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nokkenas"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "kamŝafto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "nukkvõll"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "nokka-akseli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "arbre à cames"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nockenwelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "gal pikot",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גַּל פִּיקוֹת"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "gal zizim",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "גַּל זִיזִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "poros bubungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "albero a camme"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "paskirstymo velenas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "bregasta osovína",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брегаста осови́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kamaksel"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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      "word": "kamaksel"
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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      "word": "kamaksling"
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    {
      "code": "rsk",
      "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
      "lang_code": "rsk",
      "roman": "brehasta osovina",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "брегаста осовина"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "wałek rozrządu"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "wałek rozrządczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eixo de comando"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "árvore de cames"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbore cu came"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ax cu came"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "raspredelitelʹnyj kulačkovyj val",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "распределительный кулачковый вал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "raspredval",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "распредвал"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "árbol de levas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kamaxel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "tandos-umbok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "eksantrik mili"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "kam mili"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "trục cam"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camwerthyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "camsiafft"
    }
  ],
  "word": "camshaft"
}

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