Phrase guide

digital camera

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An electronic, often battery-powered device for recording and storing photographs in digital format, especially on a flash card.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: camera, photographic camera

Narrower terms: webcam

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَامِيرَا رَقْمِيَّة (kamirā raqmiyya) — electronic camera
  • Chinese Cantonese: 數碼相機 /数码相机 — electronic camera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數碼相機 /数码相机 (shùmǎ xiàngjī) — electronic camera
  • Danish: digitalkamera — electronic camera
  • Dutch: digitale camera — electronic camera
  • Finnish: digikamera — electronic camera
  • Finnish: digitaalinen kamera — electronic camera
  • French: appareil photo numérique — electronic camera
  • French: caméra numérique — electronic camera
  • Galician: cámara dixital — electronic camera
  • German: Digitalkamera — electronic camera
  • Hindi: डिजिटल कैमरा (ḍijiṭal kaimrā) — electronic camera
  • Italian: fotocamera digitale — electronic camera
  • Italian: macchina fotografica digitale — electronic camera
  • Japanese: デジタルカメラ (dejitaru kamera) — electronic camera
  • Japanese: デジカメ (dejikame) — electronic camera
  • Korean: 디지털 카메라 (dijiteol kamera) — electronic camera
  • Korean: 디카 (dika) — electronic camera
  • Macedonian: дигита́лен фотоапара́т (digitálen fotoaparát) — electronic camera
  • Norman: quéméreu digital — electronic camera
  • Norman: caméra digital — electronic camera
  • Norwegian Bokmål: digitalkamera — electronic camera
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: digitalkamera — electronic camera
  • Persian: دوربین دیجیتال (durbin-e dijitâl) — electronic camera
  • Polish: aparat cyfrowy — electronic camera
  • Polish: cyfrówka — electronic camera
  • Polish: cyfrak — electronic camera
  • Portuguese: câmera digital — electronic camera
  • Russian: цифрово́й фотоаппара́т (cifrovój fotoapparát) — electronic camera
  • Spanish: cámara digital — electronic camera
  • Swedish: digitalkamera — electronic camera
  • Thai: กล้องดิจิทัล (glông dìjìtan) — electronic camera
  • Vietnamese: máy ảnh số — electronic camera
  • Vietnamese: máy ảnh kĩ thuật số — electronic camera