# photoapparatus

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Synonym of camera (“device for making still pictures”).

## Etymology
From photo- + apparatus, a calque of Czech and Slovak fotoaparát, German Photoapparat, Russian фотоаппара́т (fotoapparát), etc.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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