telecamera Italian · revision 38221

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1936}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˌte.leˈka.me.ra/, /ˌtɛ.leˈka.me.ra/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''telecamera''' ''f'' (plural telecamere)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound [[af|it|tele-|camera]], with ⟨tele-⟩ standing for [[televisione]] and ⟨camera⟩ in the English sense of a photographic camera.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Sabatini–Coletti and Wiktionary see an English model behind it, the phrase [[m|en|television camera]].^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary) Battaglia explains it as a compound of that noun and [[fotocamera]].^(GDLI|20, 806)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT, Zingarelli and Sabatini–Coletti date the word to 1936, and Battaglia's earliest quotation is from the magazine ''Cinema'' of that year: “La telecamera di Zworykin” (“Zworykin's television camera”).^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(GDLI|20, 806) Devoto–Oli give 1959.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1939 the magazine ''Panorama'' described the images taken by television cameras being processed in a darkened room, and ''L'Illustrazione Italiana'' used it in 1955.^(GDLI|20, 806) The modern dictionaries distinguish the studio camera on a tripod from the portable one carried on the shoulder, and add the ''telecamera di sorveglianza'' or ''a circuito chiuso'' for surveillance and the reversing camera of a car.^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) In television jargon it is also called simply ''camera''.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) By extension it is any camera that records moving pictures.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1936 – The magazine ''Cinema'' writes of Zworykin's ''telecamera''.^(GDLI|20, 806)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1939 – ''Panorama'' uses the plural ''telecamere''.^(GDLI|20, 806)

+ * 1955 – ''L'Illustrazione Italiana'' uses the word.^(GDLI|20, 806)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|television camera|alt=Television camera]]: an apparatus that turns an optical image into an electric video signal, for recording or live broadcasting: ''Le telecamere hanno ripreso tutta la cerimonia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # By extension, a [[m|en|video camera]], including one used for surveillance: ''Una telecamera sorveglia il parcheggio.''^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[camera]]

+ * [[televisione]]

+ * [[fotocamera]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}