camcorder

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/ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/

noun

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.

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Meanings

nouncamcorder (plural camcorders)

plural camcorders

  1. 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.
    1 more example

    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
verbcamcorder (third-person singular simple present camcorders, present participle camcordering, simple past and past participle camcordered)

present singular third person camcorders · participle present camcordering · participle past camcordered · past camcordered

  1. raretransitiveTo record using a camcorder.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
videocamcordervideo camera

Origin

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.

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Translations

Arabic كَامِيرَا فِيدِيُو
  • كَامِيرَا فِيدِيُو (kāmērā fīdiyū)electronic device
Chinese Mandarin 攝像機 /摄像机
  • 攝像機 /摄像机 (shèxiàngjī)electronic device
Czech videokamera
  • videokameraelectronic device
Dutch camcorder, videocamera
  • camcorderelectronic device
  • videocameraelectronic device
Finnish videokamera
  • videokameraelectronic device
French caméscope, caméra vidéo
  • caméscopeelectronic device
  • caméra vidéoelectronic device
German Videokamera, Camcorder
  • Videokameraelectronic device
  • Camcorderelectronic device
Japanese カムコーダー, ビデオカメラ
  • カムコーダー (kamukōdā)electronic device
  • ビデオカメラ (bideo kamera)electronic device
Korean 캠코더, 비디오 카메라
  • 캠코더 (kaemkodeo)electronic device
  • 비디오 카메라 (bidio kamera)electronic device
Polish kamera wideo
  • kamera wideoelectronic device
Portuguese câmera filmadora
  • câmera filmadoraelectronic device
Russian видеока́мера
  • видеока́мера (videokámera)electronic device
Vietnamese máy ghi hình, máy quay
  • máy ghi hìnhelectronic device
  • máy quayelectronic device
Cite this entry
APA

camcorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camcorder

MLA

“camcorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camcorder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “camcorder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camcorder.

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