camera obscura

English

Etymology

From Latin camera obscūra (literally “dark chamber”).

Noun

camera obscura (plural camerae obscurae)

A darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface.

Translations

darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暗箱 (zh) (ànxiāng)
Finnish: neulanreikäkamera, camera obscura
French: please add this translation if you can

German: Camera obscura (de) f
Hebrew: לִשְׁכָּה אֲפֵלָה‎‎ f (lishká afelá)
Russian: ка́мера-обску́ра (ru) f (kámera-obskúra)
Spanish: cámara oscura f

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