cam

Other forms of cam

plural

cams·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cam

What does cam mean?

cam means "a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cam?

cam has 1 syllable: cam. In IPA it is /ˈkæm/.

What is another word for cam?

Close synonyms include River Cam, Cam River. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cam a common word?

cam is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.