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noun, feminine

caméra

/ka.me.ʁa/

noun, feminine/ka.me.ʁa/plural: caméras

video camera; camera (for still photos)

Synonyms: appareil photo

Borrowed from English camera, itself from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”). Doublet of chambre, which was inherited from Latin.