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cam.

step, pace, footstep

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/kam/
  1. step, pace, footstep

    masculine
  2. footfall (sound made by a footstep)

    masculine
  3. footprint

    masculine
  4. step (of a process), stage, phase

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh cam, from Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman, from *kengeti.

adj/kam/
  1. bent, crooked, distorted

  2. wrong, false, incorrect

    Gweithio yn gam
  3. wrong, unjust

  4. one-eyed, squint-eyed

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh cam, from Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.

noun/kam/
  1. cam (a turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English cam.

noun/kam/
  1. wrong, misdeed

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh cam, from Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.

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