movie camera

noun

A camera used to film a movie (film), usually intended for screening in a cinema.

Similar
motion-picture cameracine-camera
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Meanings

nounmovie camera (plural movie cameras)

plural movie cameras

  1. A camera used to film a movie (film), usually intended for screening in a cinema.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession

Similar
motion-picture cameracine-camera
Broader
cameraphotographic camera

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto kamerao
  • kameraocamera for filming a movie
Finnish elokuvakamera, filmikamera
  • elokuvakameracamera for filming a movie
  • filmikameracamera for filming a movie
German Filmkamera, Kamera
  • Filmkameracamera for filming a movie
  • Kameracamera for filming a movie
Italian macchina da presa
  • macchina da presacamera for filming a movie
Norwegian Bokmål filmkamera
  • filmkameracamera for filming a movie
Cite this entry
APA

movie camera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movie%20camera

MLA

“movie camera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movie%20camera. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “movie camera,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/movie%20camera.

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