footage
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footage
- /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ʊtɪdʒ
Where it comes from
From foot (unit of length) + -age. Video footage is so called because movie film and television tape was measured in feet. The same term is still applied by analogy to digital videos which are stored on hard drives or microchips.
Compare typologically French métrage.
noun footages
- An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something, or the content of the recording. The footage we shot at the riot yesterday got ruined.
- A measurement in feet. […]more and more contractors are buying Southern pine in greater footages per order.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: recording, filming, recorded, movie, record, videotape, audiotape, video, photo, img, camera, coverage, pictures, image, picture, imaging
Translations
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noun amount of film that has been used
| Español | metraje, material, imágenes |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 映像 eizō |
| 中文 | 影片 yǐngpiàn, 錄像 /录像 lùxiàng, 鏡頭 /镜头 jìngtóu |
| Português | material, metragem |
| Français | pellicule enregistrée, métrage cinématographique, métrage |
| Deutsch | Filmmaterial, Filmmeter, Bandmaterial, Bildmaterial |
| Italiano | materiale filmato |
| Русский | отсня́тый материа́л otsnjátyj materiál, фута́ж futáž, метра́ж metráž |
Talk about this word "footage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/footage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. footage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/footage "footage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/footage.Cite this
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title = {footage},
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