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video
- /ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/ UK
- /ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/ Canada, US
- [ˈʋi.ɖɪ.jo] South Asia
- [ˈʋiɖ.jo] South Asia
- [ʋiːɖ(ɪ)joˑ] South Asia
- [ˈvɪ.di.əʉ] Australia
- [ˈvɪ.di.ɐʉ] Australia
- [ˈvə.di.ɐʉ] New Zealand
- [ˈbi.dʒo] Philippines
Where it comes from
From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.
noun videos · videmus · videoes
- Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic. Early TV used film to record video.
- A recording or medium of visual content, especially audiovisual content for playback; a motion picture, movie, film. We edited a video montage of Robbie's first birthday.
- Television content or media.
- videotape, VHS.
verb videoes · videoing · videoed
- To record using a video camera, to videotape.
- To record a television program.
- To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tv, television, picture, telecasting, televised, videotaping, videotaped, taping, videotape, recording, videocassette, cassette, audio-visual, videoconference, audiovisual, dvd
Translations
Every language
noun television show, movie
| Español | vídeo, video |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비디오 bidio, 영상 yeongsang |
| 日本語 | ビデオ bideo, 映像 eizō |
| हिन्दी | वीडियो vīḍiyo |
| Kiswahili | filamu |
| Português | vídeo |
| Français | vidéo |
| Deutsch | Video |
| Italiano | video |
| Ελληνικά | βίντεο vínteo |
| Română | video |
| Русский | ви́део vídeo |
| Tiếng Việt | đoạn ghi hình, vi-đê-ô |
| العربية | فِيدِيُو fīdiyū |
| עברית | וִידֵאוֹ víde'o |
noun film clip
| Español | vídeo, video |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 클립 keullip |
| 日本語 | 動画 dōga |
| 中文 | 短視頻 /短视频 duǎnshìpín, 視頻 /视频 shìpín |
| Deutsch | Video |
| Русский | ро́лик rólik, видеокли́п videoklíp, клип klip, видеоро́лик videorólik |
| Tiếng Việt | thước phim |
| עברית | סִרְטוֹן sirtón |
noun motion picture stored on VHS
| Español | vídeo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비디오 bidio |
| 日本語 | ビデオ bideo, VTR (bui-tī-āru) |
| 中文 | 錄影 /录影 lùyǐng |
| हिन्दी | वीडियो vīḍiyo |
| Kiswahili | video |
| Português | vídeo |
| Français | vidéo |
| Deutsch | Video |
| Italiano | videofilm, video |
| Ελληνικά | βίντεο vínteo |
| Română | video |
| Русский | ви́део vídeo, видеофи́льм videofílʹm |
| Tiếng Việt | vi-đê-ô |
| العربية | فِيدِيُو fīdiyū |
| עברית | וִידֵאוֹ víde'o |
noun VHS
| Español | videocinta, cinta de vídeo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 錄像帶 /录像带 lùxiàngdài |
| Kiswahili | video |
| Português | videocassete, fita |
| Français | vidéo, cassette vidéo, vidéocassette |
| Deutsch | Videokassette |
| Română | videocasetă |
| Русский | видеокассе́та videokasséta |
| Tiếng Việt | băng hình |
| עברית | וִידֵאוֹ víde'o |
verb television show, movie
| Tiếng Việt | ghi hình |
|---|
Talk about this word "video." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/video. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. video. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/video "video." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/video.Cite this
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title = {video},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
