Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telecamera

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tele-cam-era
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A television camera, or a video camera more generally.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Phil Regan, who has done radio, film and personal appearance work, makes his first appearance before a telecamera."
"One final matter: Doug Edwards insists that he had proof positive that the CBS telecamera was actually rendered hors de combat during the fateful performance of Gypsy Rose Lee at the Air Force Show held in Madison Square Garden several months ago."
"Mr [Giuseppe] De Angelis said the terrorism threat and higher number of illegal immigrants had led the airports to increase the use of technology in surveillance from passport scanners to external telecameras that read the licence plates of parked vehicles outside the terminal."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English camera English telecamera From tele- + camera.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

telecameras (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

telecinecamera

Questions

What does telecamera mean?: A television camera, or a video camera more generally.
Where does telecamera come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English camera English telecamera From tele- + camera.

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