English Online Dictionary. What means footage? What does footage mean?
English
Etymology
foot (unit of length) + -age
Pronunciation
- enPR: fo͝otʹĭj, IPA(key): /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: foot‧age
- Rhymes: -ʊtɪdʒ
Noun
footage (countable and uncountable, plural footages)
- (usually uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.
- A measurement in feet.
Usage notes
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.
Derived terms
- file footage
- found footage
- square footage
- stock footage