Phrase guide

video camera

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A device for recording video footage, often a portable one used by amateurs; also as a fixed installation for surveillance purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: camcorder, television camera

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: videokamerë — device for recording video
  • Arabic: آلَةُ تَصْوِيرِ فِيدِيُو (ʔālatu taṣwīri fīdiyū) — device for recording video
  • Arabic: كَامِيرَا فِيدِيُو (kāmīrā fīdiyū) — device for recording video
  • Armenian: տեսախցիկ (tesaxcʻik) — device for recording video
  • Azerbaijani: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Basque: bideokamera — device for recording video
  • Belarusian: відэака́мера (videakámjera) — device for recording video
  • Belarusian: ка́мера (kámjera) — device for recording video
  • Bengali: ভিডিও ক্যামেরা (bhiḍiō kêmera) — device for recording video
  • Bulgarian: ви́деока́мера (vídeokámera) — device for recording video
  • Bulgarian: ка́мера (kámera) — device for recording video
  • Burmese: ဗီဒီယိုကင်မရာ (bidiyuikangma.ra) — device for recording video
  • Catalan: videocàmera — device for recording video
  • Catalan: càmera de vídeo — device for recording video
  • Chinese Mandarin: 攝像機 /摄像机 (shèxiàngjī) — device for recording video
  • Chinese Mandarin: 攝影機 /摄影机 (shèyǐngjī) — device for recording video
  • Czech: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Danish: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Dutch: videocamera — device for recording video
  • Dzongkha: གློག་བརྙན་པར་ཆས (glog brnyan par chas) — device for recording video
  • Esperanto: kamerao — device for recording video
  • Esperanto: videokamerao — device for recording video
  • Estonian: videokaamera — device for recording video
  • Finnish: videokamera — device for recording video
  • French: caméra — device for recording video
  • French: caméra vidéo — device for recording video
  • Galician: videocámara — device for recording video
  • Galician: cámara de vídeo — device for recording video
  • Georgian: ვიდეოკამერა (videoḳamera) — device for recording video
  • German: Videokamera — device for recording video
  • Greek: βιντεοκάμερα (vinteokámera) — device for recording video
  • Hebrew: מַסְרֵטָה (masretá) — device for recording video
  • Hebrew: מַצְלֵמַת וִידֵאוֹ (matslemát víde'o) — device for recording video
  • Hindi: वीडियो कैमरा (vīḍiyo kaimrā) — device for recording video
  • Hungarian: videókamera — device for recording video
  • Icelandic: kvikmyndavél — device for recording video
  • Indonesian: kamera video — device for recording video
  • Irish: físcheamara — device for recording video
  • Italian: macchina da presa — device for recording video
  • Italian: telecamera — device for recording video
  • Italian: videocamera — device for recording video
  • Japanese: ビデオカメラ (bideokamera) — device for recording video
  • Kazakh: бейнекамера (beinekamera) — device for recording video
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនថតវីដេអូ (maasɨn thɑɑt viideeʼou) — device for recording video
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនថតកុន (maasɨn thɑɑt kon) — device for recording video
  • Korean: 비디오 카메라 (bidio kamera) — device for recording video
  • Kyrgyz: видео камера — device for recording video
  • Lao: ກ້ອງວິດີໂອ (kǭng wi dī ʼō) — device for recording video
  • Latvian: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Lithuanian: vaizdo kamera — device for recording video
  • Macedonian: видеокамера (videokamera) — device for recording video
  • Malay: kamera video — device for recording video
  • Mongolian: видео камер — device for recording video
  • Norman: caméra d'vidgo — device for recording video
  • Norwegian Bokmål: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Iranian Persian: دورْبینِ ویدِئویی (durbin-e vide'oyi) — device for recording video
  • Polish: kamera wideo — device for recording video
  • Portuguese: câmera de vídeo — device for recording video
  • Romanian: cameră video — device for recording video
  • Romanian: cameră de luat vederi — device for recording video
  • Russian: видеока́мера (videokámera) — device for recording video
  • Russian: ка́мера (kámera) — device for recording video
  • Serbo-Croatian: видеока̀мера — device for recording video
  • Serbo-Croatian: videokàmera — device for recording video
  • Slovak: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Slovene: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Spanish: videocámara — device for recording video
  • Spanish: cámara de vídeo — device for recording video
  • Spanish: cámara de video — device for recording video
  • Swedish: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Tajik: видеокамера (videokamera) — device for recording video
  • Thai: กล้องวิดีโอ (glɔ̂ng-wí-dii-oo) — device for recording video
  • Thai: กล้องถ่ายวิดีโอ (glɔ̂ng-tàai-wí-dii-oo) — device for recording video
  • Turkish: kamera — device for recording video
  • Turkish: video kamera — device for recording video
  • Turkmen: wideokamera — device for recording video
  • Ukrainian: відеока́мера (videokámera) — device for recording video
  • Urdu: وِیڈِیو کَیمْرَہ (vīḍiyo kaimra) — device for recording video
  • Uzbek: videokamera — device for recording video
  • Vietnamese: máy ghi hình — device for recording video
  • Vietnamese: máy quay — device for recording video
  • Vietnamese: máy quay phim — device for recording video
  • Vietnamese: máy quay vi-đê-ô — device for recording video