Standard Lemma guide

camcorder

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 M K AO2 R D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To record using a camcorder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a portable television camera and videocassette recorder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: television camera, tv camera, camera

History

Etymology

Blend of camera + recorder. Appears to be a borrowing from Japanese カムコーダー (kamukōdā), an original registered trademark filed for by Sony in 1981. First use appears c. 1982 in The Economist.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَامِيرَا فِيدِيُو (kāmērā fīdiyū) — electronic device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 攝像機 /摄像机 (shèxiàngjī) — electronic device
  • Czech: videokamera — electronic device
  • Dutch: camcorder — electronic device
  • Dutch: videocamera — electronic device
  • Finnish: videokamera — electronic device
  • French: caméscope — electronic device
  • French: caméra vidéo — electronic device
  • German: Videokamera — electronic device
  • German: Camcorder — electronic device
  • Japanese: カムコーダー (kamukōdā) — electronic device
  • Japanese: ビデオカメラ (bideo kamera) — electronic device
  • Kazakh: бейнекамера (beinekamera) — electronic device
  • Korean: 캠코더 (kaemkodeo) — electronic device
  • Korean: 비디오 카메라 (bidio kamera) — electronic device
  • Polish: kamera wideo — electronic device
  • Portuguese: câmera filmadora — electronic device
  • Russian: видеока́мера (videokámera) — electronic device
  • Vietnamese: máy ghi hình — electronic device
  • Vietnamese: máy quay — electronic device