"camera obscura" meaning in All languages combined

See camera obscura on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkæm.ə.ɹə əbˈskjʊə.ɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkæm.ɹə əbˈskjʊə.ɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkæm.ɚ.ə əbˈskjʊɚ.ə/ [General-American], /ˌkæm.ɹə əbˈskjʊɚ.ə/ [General-American] Forms: camerae obscurae [plural], camera obscuras [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin camera obscūra (literally “dark chamber”); compare camera. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|camera obscūra|lit=dark chamber}} New Latin camera obscūra (literally “dark chamber”) Head templates: {{en-noun|camerae obscurae|s|nolinkhead=1}} camera obscura (plural camerae obscurae or camera obscuras)
  1. A darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface. Wikipedia link: camera obscura Categories (topical): Film, Photography, Toys Translations (darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface): 暗箱 (ànxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 暗匣 (ànxiá) (Chinese Mandarin), neulanreikäkamera (Finnish), camera obscura (Finnish), chambre noire [feminine] (French), Camera obscura [feminine] (German), לִשְׁכָּה אֲפֵלָה (lishká afelá) [feminine] (Hebrew), sötétkamra (Hungarian), camera oscura [feminine] (Italian), camera obscura [feminine] (Polish), câmera escura [feminine] (Portuguese), câmara escura [feminine] (Portuguese), ка́мера-обску́ра (kámera-obskúra) [feminine] (Russian), cámara oscura [feminine] (Spanish), siambr dywyll [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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