French Conversation · Level 16
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IPA/kameʁa/
J'ai acheté une caméra.
I bought a camera.
Mon téléphone a une caméra intégrée.
My phone has a built-in camera.
A light-recording device in which a lens forms an image for storage as a photograph or video.
caméra intégrée
built-in camera
caméra de poche
pocket camera
appareil photo: A device designed to take still photographs.
smartphone: A mobile device that can also take photos and videos.
Appareil optique qui saisit des images par une lentille et les enregistre, en photo ou en vidéo.
Caméra derives from Latin camera, 'chamber', borrowed from Greek kamara; the term passed from camera obscura to the device that records images.