Dictionary

cameraman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmáratider. Proto-Iranian *kamarāder. Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára)bor. Latin cameralbor. English camera Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English cameraman From camera + -man.

Meanings

1. Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
   • ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’ 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24:

Forms

Coordinates

camerawoman

Descendants

cameràman · kameraman · caméraman · kameraman · cameraman · kameraman · kameraman · cameraman · cameraman

Synonyms

cameraperson · camera operator

Translations (55)

pt câmera (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · da kameramand (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · et filmioperaator (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · el εικονολήπτρια (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · ka ოპერატორი (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · hsb kameražona (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · pl kamerzysta (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · sv kameraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · ca cameràman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · ru киноопера́тор (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · vi người ghi hình (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · fa فیلمبردار (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · es camarógrafo (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · nrf vidéoiste (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · it operatore (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · uk кіноопера́тор (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · ja 撮影技師 (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · es camarógrafa (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · fr caméraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · fi kameramies (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · fi kuvaaja (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · id kamerawan (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · tr kameraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · hu operatőr (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · ja カメラマン (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · de Kameramann (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · fo myndamaður (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · hsb kamerownik (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · es cámara (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · cs kameraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · ro cameraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · ru телеопера́тор (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · hy կինոօպերատոր (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · it addetto (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · be кінаапера́тар (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · mr कॅमेरामॅन (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · pt cameraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · cmn 攝影者 /摄影者 (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · dsb kameražeńska (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · eo kameraisto (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · cmn 攝影師 /摄影师 (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · hsb kameramuž (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · vi người quay phim (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · sv filmfotograf (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · vi chuyên viên quay phim (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · id kameramen (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · de Kameraoperateur (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · ko 카메라맨 (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · dsb kameramuž (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · vi chuyên viên ghi hình (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · el εικονολήπτης (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · th ตากล้อง (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · cy dyn camera (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · de Kamerafrau (somebody who operates a film or TV camera) · fr cadreur (somebody who operates a film or TV camera)