"webcam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛbˌkæm/ [General-American] Forms: webcams [plural]
Etymology: From Web + cam, shortened from camera. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Web|cam}} Web + cam Head templates: {{en-noun}} webcam (plural webcams)
  1. (computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web. Wikidata QID: Q29576 Categories (topical): Computing, Photography Hypernyms: netcam Translations (video camera viewed over a network): كَامِيرَا وِيب (kāmērā web) [feminine] (Arabic), ওয়েবক্যাম (oebkêm) (Bengali), 攝像頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 摄像头 (shèxiàngtóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 網路攝影機 (Chinese Mandarin), 网路摄影机 (wǎnglù shèyǐngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), webkamera (Czech), webkamera [neuter] (Danish), webcam (Dutch), cam [informal] (Dutch), retkamerao (Esperanto), retfotilo (Esperanto), vevmyndatól [neuter] (Faroese), verkkokamera (Finnish), webbikamera (Finnish), webcam [feminine] (French), cam [feminine] (French), webcaméra [feminine] (French), cámara web [feminine] (Galician), ვებკამერა (vebḳamera) (Georgian), Webcam [feminine] (German), वेबकैम (vebkaim) (Hindi), vefmyndavél [feminine] (Icelandic), vebbi [masculine, slang] (Icelandic), vefauga [neuter, rare] (Icelandic), tölvuauga [neuter, rare] (Icelandic), glyrna [feminine, rare] (Icelandic), webcam (Italian), ウェブカメラ (webukamera) (Japanese), 웹캠 (wepkaem) (Korean), веб-камера (veb-kamera) [feminine] (Macedonian), nettkamera [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), webkamera [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nettkamera [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), webkamera [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kamer(k)a internetowa [feminine] (Polish), câmara web [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), webcam [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), веб-ка́мера (vɛb-kámera) [feminine] (Russian), ве́бка (vɛ́bka) [feminine] (Russian), cámara web [feminine] (Spanish), webbkamera [common-gender] (Swedish), เว็บแคม (wép kaem) (Thai), เว็บแคเมรา (wép kaemayraa) (Thai), webcam (Vietnamese)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈwɛbˌkæm/ [General-American] Forms: webcams [present, singular, third-person], webcamming [participle, present], webcammed [participle, past], webcammed [past]
Etymology: From Web + cam, shortened from camera. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Web|cam}} Web + cam Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} webcam (third-person singular simple present webcams, present participle webcamming, simple past and past participle webcammed)
  1. (intransitive) To take part in a video communication using a webcam. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-webcam-en-verb-aLe5Q0Nb
  2. (transitive) To film and broadcast with a webcam. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-webcam-en-verb-2fHHVWjx

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