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- Russian · calque ofфотоаппара́т
- German · calque ofPhotoapparat
- calque of Czech and Slovak · calque offotoaparát
- English todayphotoapparatus
From photo- + apparatus, a calque of Czech and Slovak fotoaparát, German Photoapparat, Russian фотоаппара́т (fotoapparát), etc.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.