video

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Etymology

From the root vide of Latin videō + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/

Noun

video

1. Television, television show, movie.
2. A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).

   Synonyms: clip, vid

   We made a video montage of Robbie for his fiftieth birthday.

   Check out my new videos on YouTube.

3. Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
4. (dated) VHS.

Translations

• French: vidéo
• German: Video
• Italian: video
• Portuguese: vídeo
• Russian: ви́део
• Spanish: vídeo (Spain), video (Latin America)

Translations

• German: Video
• Russian: ро́лик
• Spanish: vídeo, video

Translations

• French: vidéo
• German: Video
• Italian: videofilm, video
• Portuguese: vídeo
• Russian: ви́део
• Spanish: vídeo

Translations

• French: vidéo, cassette vidéo, vidéocassette
• German: Videokassette
• Portuguese: videocassete, fita
• Russian: видеокассе́та
• Spanish: videocinta, cinta de vídeo

Verb

video (third-person singular simple present videoes, present participle videoing, simple past and past participle videoed)

1. (Britain) To record using a video camera, to videotape
2. (Britain) To record a television program
3. (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

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