camcorder

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/ === Noun === camcorder (plural camcorders) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === camcorder (third-person singular simple present camcorders, present participle camcordering, simple past and past participle camcordered) (rare, transitive) To record using a camcorder. === References === “camcorder”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. 'Camcorder' at the Online Etymology Dictionary