videotape
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videotape
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From video + tape, a trademark of the media company Ampex.
noun videotapes
- A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
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Synonym of videocassette (“a cassette containing videotape”).
Similar: videocassette
verb videotapes · videotaping · videotaped
- To make a recording of something on videotape.
- To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tape, videocassette, cassette, recording, video, footage, cameraman, filming, vcr, photographer, registration, story, vta, film, shoot, band
Translations
Every language
noun tape used to record videos
| Español | video, cinta de video |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비디오테이프 bidioteipeu |
| 日本語 | ビデオテープ bideotēpu |
| 中文 | 錄像帶 /录像带 lùxiàngdài, 錄影帶 /录影带 lùyǐngdài |
| Kiswahili | kideo |
| Português | video-tape, videotape, videoteipe, fita de vídeo |
| Français | bande vidéo, vidéocassette |
| Deutsch | Videoband |
| Italiano | videotape, videonastro |
| Ελληνικά | βιντεοκασέτα vinteokaséta |
| Română | casetă video |
| Русский | видеоплёнка videopljónka, видеоле́нта videolénta |
| Tiếng Việt | băng hình, băng vi-đê-ô |
| العربية | شَرِيط فِيدْيُو šarīṭ fīdyū |
verb to make a recording on videotape
| Español | grabar en video, videograbar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 録画する rokuga suru |
| Português | gravar em vídeo, videogravar |
| Italiano | videoregistrare |
| Ελληνικά | βιντεογραφώ vinteografó |
| Română | înregistra video, înregistra pe bandă video |
| Tiếng Việt | ghi hình |
Talk about this word "videotape." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/videotape. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. videotape. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/videotape "videotape." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/videotape.Cite this
@misc{videotape_2026,
title = {videotape},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/videotape},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
