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dashcam

noun · 1 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdæʃˌkæm/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide evidence for criminal prosecutions, insurance claims, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: car DVR, driving recorder, event data recorder

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Blend of dash(board) + cam(era).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَاش كَام (dāš kām) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Belarusian: відэарэгістратар (videarehistratar) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Catalan: dashcam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行車記錄儀 /行车记录仪 (hang4 ce1 gei3 luk6 ji4) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 車cam /车cam (ce1 kem1) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行車紀錄器 /行车纪录器 (xíngchējìlùqì) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行車記錄儀 /行车记录仪 (xíngchējìlùyí) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Czech: autokamera — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Danish: dashcam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Dutch: dashcam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Finnish: autokamera — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Finnish: kojelautakamera — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • French: dashcam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • French: caméra-témoin de circulation — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • German: Dashcam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Hungarian: dashcam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Hungarian: fedélzeti kamera — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Hungarian: autós kamera — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Italian: dash cam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Japanese: ドライブレコーダー — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Khmer: កាមេរ៉ាឡាន (kaameiraalaan) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Lithuanian: vaizdo registratorius — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Norwegian: dashbordkamera — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Norwegian: frontrutekamera — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Persian: داشکم — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Polish: kamera samochodowa — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Portuguese: câmara de tablier — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Romanian: dashcam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Romanian: cameră de bord — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Russian: видеорегистратор (videoregistrator) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Russian: автомобильный видеорегистратор (avtomobilʹnyj videoregistrator) — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Spanish: dashcam — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Swedish: bilkamera — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle
  • Turkish: araç kamerası — digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle