noun
Meaning 1
Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cameraman
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(ə)ɹəˌmæn/
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 M ER0 AH0 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a photographer who operates a movie camera
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: camera operator, cinematographer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photographer, lensman
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh2em-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati Proto-Iranian *kamarāder. Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor. Latin cameralbor. English camera Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English cameraman From camera + -man.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կինոօպերատոր (kinoōperator) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Belarusian: кінаапера́тар (kinaapjerátar) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Catalan: cameràman — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Chinese Mandarin: 攝影者 /摄影者 (shèyǐngzhě) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Chinese Mandarin: 攝影師 /摄影师 (shèyǐngshī) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Czech: kameraman — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Danish: kameramand — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Esperanto: kameraisto — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Estonian: filmioperaator — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Faroese: myndamaður — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Finnish: kuvaaja — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Finnish: kameramies — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- French: caméraman — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- French: cadreur — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Georgian: ოპერატორი (oṗeraṭori) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- German: Kameramann — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- German: Kamerafrau — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- German: Kameraoperateur — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Greek: εικονολήπτης (eikonolíptis) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Greek: εικονολήπτρια (eikonolíptria) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Hungarian: operatőr — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Indonesian: kamerawan — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Indonesian: kameramen — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Italian: operatore — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Italian: addetto — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Japanese: 撮影技師 (satsuei gishi) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Japanese: カメラマン (kameraman) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Korean: 카메라맨 (kameramaen) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Marathi: कॅमेरामॅन (kĕmerāmĕn) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Norman: vidéoiste — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Persian: فیلمبردار (filmbardâr) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Polish: kamerzysta — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Portuguese: cameraman — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Portuguese: câmera — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Romanian: cameraman — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Russian: киноопера́тор (kinooperátor) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Russian: телеопера́тор (teleoperátor) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Spanish: camarógrafo — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Spanish: camarógrafa — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Spanish: cámara — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Swedish: kameraman — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Swedish: filmfotograf — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Thai: ตากล้อง (dtaa-glɔ̂ng) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Turkish: kameraman — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Ukrainian: кіноопера́тор (kinooperátor) — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Vietnamese: chuyên viên quay phim — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Vietnamese: chuyên viên ghi hình — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Vietnamese: người quay phim — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Vietnamese: người ghi hình — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- Welsh: dyn camera — somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Real reading context