adv
Meaning 1
Alternative form of kam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Standard Lemma guide
cam
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkæm/ without æ-raising
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[ˈkhæm] without æ-raising
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, US: /ˈkeə̯m/
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Canada, US: [ˈkheə̯m]
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Canada, US: /ˈkɛə̯m/
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Canada, US: [ˈkhɛə̯m]
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rhymes with -æm
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General-American: /kæm/
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A river in Cambridgeshire, England, which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Granta
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name
Meaning 3
A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7400).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A minor river in Gloucestershire which flows into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
Abbreviation of Campeche: a state of Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 7
A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
A ridge or mound of earth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 10
A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 11
Camera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 12
A bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: piracy
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noun
Meaning 13
Initialism of complementary and alternative medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 14
Initialism of common area maintenance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: business, real-estate
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noun
Meaning 15
Initialism of computer-aided manufacturing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 16
Initialism of cockpit area microphone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 17
Initialism of cell-adhesion molecule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 18
Initialism of crassulacean acid metabolism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biochemistry, biology, botany, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 19
Initialism of contract air mail (often followed by the route number, eg, CAM 21).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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noun
Meaning 20
Initialism of content-addressable memory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 21
To go on webcam with someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 22
a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rotating mechanism
Narrower terms: distributor cam
noun
Meaning 23
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: River Cam, Cam River
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river
History
Etymology
A back-formation from Cambridge; compare Middle English Cante and New Latin Camus, Chamus.
Inherited from Middle English Camme, Camne, from Old English *Camme, ultimately from a Celtic word for "crooked," Proto-Celtic *kambos, from late Proto-Indo-European *(s)kambo- (“crooked”), shared with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós).
Shortening.
PIE word *ǵómbhos 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 Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”)). Doublet of comb.
Clipping of camera.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 凸輪 /凸轮 (tūlún) — mechanical part
- Czech: vačka — mechanical part
- Danish: kam — mechanical part
- Dutch: nok — mechanical part
- Esperanto: kamo — mechanical part
- Finnish: epäkesko — mechanical part
- Finnish: nokka — mechanical part
- Finnish: nostovarsi — mechanical part
- French: came — mechanical part
- German: Nocken — mechanical part
- Italian: camma — mechanical part
- Japanese: カム (kamu) — mechanical part
- Korean: 캠 (kaem) — mechanical part
- Portuguese: came — mechanical part
- Portuguese: camo — mechanical part
- Romanian: camă — mechanical part
- Russian: эксце́нтрик (ekscéntrik) — mechanical part
- Russian: кулачо́к (kulačók) — mechanical part
- Slovak: vačka — mechanical part
- Spanish: leva — mechanical part
- Swedish: kam — mechanical part
- Welsh: cam — mechanical part
- Polish: kinówka — a bootleg recording from cinema