"cameraman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cameramen [plural]
Etymology: From camera + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|camera|man}} camera + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|cameramen}} cameraman (plural cameramen)
  1. Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: camera operator, cameraperson Translations (somebody who operates a film or TV camera): կինոօպերատոր (kinoōperator) (Armenian), кінаапера́тар (kinaapjerátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), cameràman [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 攝影者 /摄影者 (shèyǐngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 攝影師 /摄影师 (shèyǐngshī) (Chinese Mandarin), kameraman [masculine] (Czech), kameramand [common-gender] (Danish), kameraisto (Esperanto), filmioperaator (Estonian), myndamaður [masculine] (Faroese), kuvaaja (Finnish), kameramies (Finnish), caméraman [masculine] (French), cadreur [masculine] (French), ოპერატორი (oṗeraṭori) (Georgian), Kameramann [masculine] (German), Kamerafrau [feminine] (German), Kameraoperateur [masculine] (German), εικονολήπτης (eikonolíptis) [masculine] (Greek), εικονολήπτρια (eikonolíptria) [feminine] (Greek), operatőr (Hungarian), operatore [masculine] (Italian), addetto [masculine] (Italian), 撮影技師 (satsuei gishi) (alt: さつえいぎし) (Japanese), カメラマン (kameraman) (Japanese), 카메라맨 (kameramaen) (Korean), कॅमेरामॅन (kĕmerāmĕn) [masculine] (Marathi), vidéoiste [feminine, masculine] (Norman), فیلمبردار (filmbardâr) (Persian), kamerzysta [masculine] (Polish), cameraman [masculine] (Portuguese), câmera [masculine] (Portuguese), cameraman [masculine] (Romanian), киноопера́тор (kinooperátor) [masculine] (Russian), телеопера́тор (teleoperátor) [masculine] (Russian), camarógrafo [masculine] (Spanish), camarógrafa [feminine] (Spanish), cámara [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ตากล้อง (dtaa-glɔ̂ng) (Thai), kameraman (Turkish), кіноопера́тор (kinooperátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), chuyên viên quay phim (Vietnamese), chuyên viên ghi hình (Vietnamese), người quay phim (Vietnamese), người ghi hình (Vietnamese), dyn camera [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "text": "Coordinate term: camerawoman"
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          "ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24:",
          "text": "‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’",
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        "Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera."
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        [
          "movie",
          "movie"
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        [
          "camera",
          "camera"
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          "television",
          "television"
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          "word": "կինոօպերատոր"
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          "roman": "kinaapjerátar",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "кінаапера́тар"
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          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "cameràman"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèyǐngzhě",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "攝影者 /摄影者"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèyǐngshī",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "攝影師 /摄影师"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kameramand"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "kameraisto"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "filmioperaator"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "myndamaður"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "kuvaaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "kameramies"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caméraman"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cadreur"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "oṗeraṭori",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "ოპერატორი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kameramann"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kamerafrau"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kameraoperateur"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eikonolíptis",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εικονολήπτης"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eikonolíptria",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εικονολήπτρια"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "operatőr"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "operatore"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "addetto"
        },
        {
          "alt": "さつえいぎし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "satsuei gishi",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "撮影技師"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kameraman",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "カメラマン"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kameramaen",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "카메라맨"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "kĕmerāmĕn",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "कॅमेरामॅन"
        },
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vidéoiste"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "filmbardâr",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "فیلمبردار"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kamerzysta"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cameraman"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "câmera"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cameraman"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kinooperátor",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "киноопера́тор"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "teleoperátor",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "телеопера́тор"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "camarógrafo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "camarógrafa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cámara"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtaa-glɔ̂ng",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "ตากล้อง"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "kameraman"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kinooperátor",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кіноопера́тор"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "chuyên viên quay phim"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "chuyên viên ghi hình"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "người quay phim"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "word": "người ghi hình"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cameràman",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: cameràman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: cameràman"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "kameraman",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: kameraman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: kameraman"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "caméraman",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: caméraman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: caméraman"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cameraman",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: cameraman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: cameraman"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cameraman",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cameraman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cameraman"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cameraman",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cameraman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cameraman"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kameraman",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: kameraman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: kameraman"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "camera",
        "3": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "camera + -man",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From camera + -man.",
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    {
      "form": "cameramen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cameramen"
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      "expansion": "cameraman (plural cameramen)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Occupations",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: camerawoman"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24:",
          "text": "‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "movie",
          "movie"
        ],
        [
          "camera",
          "camera"
        ],
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "camera operator"
    },
    {
      "word": "cameraperson"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kinoōperator",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "կինոօպերատոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kinaapjerátar",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кінаапера́тар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cameràman"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèyǐngzhě",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "攝影者 /摄影者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèyǐngshī",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "攝影師 /摄影师"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kameraman"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kameramand"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "kameraisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "filmioperaator"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myndamaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "kuvaaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "kameramies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caméraman"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cadreur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "oṗeraṭori",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "ოპერატორი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kameramann"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kamerafrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kameraoperateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eikonolíptis",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εικονολήπτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eikonolíptria",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εικονολήπτρια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "operatőr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "addetto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さつえいぎし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "satsuei gishi",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "撮影技師"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kameraman",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "カメラマン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kameramaen",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "카메라맨"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kĕmerāmĕn",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कॅमेरामॅन"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vidéoiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "filmbardâr",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "فیلمبردار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamerzysta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cameraman"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "câmera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cameraman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kinooperátor",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "киноопера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "teleoperátor",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телеопера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camarógrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camarógrafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cámara"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtaa-glɔ̂ng",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "ตากล้อง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "kameraman"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kinooperátor",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кіноопера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "chuyên viên quay phim"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "chuyên viên ghi hình"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "người quay phim"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "word": "người ghi hình"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "somebody who operates a film or TV camera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyn camera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cameraman"
}

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