camcorder en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Blend of camera + recorder. Appears to be a borrowing from Japanese カムコーダー (kamukōdā), an original registered trademark filed for by Sony in 1981. First use appears c. 1982 in The Economist.
Meanings
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A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.
You know where you never see a camcorder? At a funeral. Wouldn't that be fun? Especially if you didn't know any of the people there. Why not go to a stranger's funeral, and bring your camcorder? Have a little fun! Zoom in on the corpse's nose hairs. Then pull back, and pan over to the widow's tears. Get a tight shot of that. Do a montage of people wracked with grief. Then go home and put a laugh track on it! Smoke a joint and show it to your friends. That would be a lot of fun.
1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 173:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| camcorders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (20)
fi videokamera (electronic device) · nl camcorder (electronic device) · cs videokamera (electronic device) · fr caméscope (electronic device) · ja ビデオカメラ (electronic device) · fr caméra vidéo (electronic device) · vi máy quay (electronic device) · ja カムコーダー (electronic device) · ar كَامِيرَا فِيدِيُو (electronic device) · de Camcorder (electronic device) · pl kamera wideo (electronic device) · ko 비디오 카메라 (electronic device) · pt câmera filmadora (electronic device) · ko 캠코더 (electronic device) · de Videokamera (electronic device) · kk бейнекамера (electronic device) · ru видеока́мера (electronic device) · vi máy ghi hình (electronic device) · cmn 攝像機 /摄像机 (electronic device) · nl videocamera (electronic device)