Phrase guide

surveillance camera

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.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A mounted video camera used for the purpose of surveillance, as part of closed-circuit television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: security camera, CCTV camera

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bewakingskamera — CCTV camera
  • Basque: bideozaintza kamera — CCTV camera
  • Bulgarian: ка́мера за видеонаблюде́ние (kámera za videonabljudénie) — CCTV camera
  • Bulgarian: ка́мера за наблюде́ние (kámera za nabljudénie) — CCTV camera
  • Catalan: càmera de videovigilància — CCTV camera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 監視攝影機 /监视摄影机 (jiānshì shèyǐngjī) — CCTV camera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電眼 /电眼 (diànyǎn) — CCTV camera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天眼 (tiānyǎn) — CCTV camera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子眼 /电子眼 (diànzǐyǎn) — CCTV camera
  • Danish: overvågningskamera — CCTV camera
  • Dutch: bewakingscamera — CCTV camera
  • Dutch: beveiligingscamera — CCTV camera
  • Estonian: turvakaamera — CCTV camera
  • Finnish: valvontakamera — CCTV camera
  • French: caméra de surveillance — CCTV camera
  • French: caméra de vidéosurveillance — CCTV camera
  • Galician: cámara de videovixilancia — CCTV camera
  • Galician: cámara de vixilancia — CCTV camera
  • Galician: cámara de seguridade — CCTV camera
  • German: Überwachungskamera — CCTV camera
  • Greek: κάμερα παρακολούθησης (kámera parakoloúthisis) — CCTV camera
  • Greek: κάμερα βιντεοπαρακολούθησης (kámera vinteoparakoloúthisis) — CCTV camera
  • Italian: telecamera di sorveglianza — CCTV camera
  • Japanese: 監視カメラ (kanshi kamera) — CCTV camera
  • Korean: 감시 카메라 (gamsi kamera) — CCTV camera
  • Norman: caméra d'seurvillance — CCTV camera
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overvåkningskamera — CCTV camera
  • Polish: kamera przemysłowa — CCTV camera
  • Portuguese: câmera de segurança — CCTV camera
  • Romanian: cameră de supraveghere — CCTV camera
  • Russian: ка́мера видеонаблюде́ния (kámera videonabljudénija) — CCTV camera
  • Russian: ка́мера наблюде́ния (kámera nabljudénija) — CCTV camera
  • Spanish: cámara de videovigilancia — CCTV camera
  • Spanish: cámara de vigilancia — CCTV camera
  • Spanish: cámara de seguridad — CCTV camera
  • Swedish: övervakningskamera — CCTV camera
  • Ukrainian: ка́мера спостере́ження (kámera sposteréžennja) — CCTV camera