video

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English

Etymology

From the root vide of Latin videō (“I see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/, /ˈvɪd.joʊ/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /viːɖijoː/

Noun

video (countable and uncountable, plural videos or videmus or videoes)

1. Television, a television show, or a 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

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

Usage notes

• Video is used in contrast with audio, which is sound only. It is also sometimes used in contrast with film to describe all other motion picture formats, such as videotape and digital video. The words video and movie have some synonymous overlap, but a feature film on the big screen is only a movie in idiomatic use (not a video), and web-era user-created videos are usually not called movies except in certain contexts.
• The plural videmus is rare and used for humorous effect. It is the first-person plural form of the Latin verb ("we see") in the same way that videō is the singular.

Derived terms

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Descendants

Translations

Verb

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

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

See also

• radio

Further reading

• video on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• voide

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English video.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪdɛo]
• Hyphenation: vi‧deo

Noun

video n

1. video

Declension

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

• “video”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “video”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English video.

Noun

video c (singular definite videoen, plural indefinite videoer)

1. video
2. video recorder

Declension

Further reading

• “video” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English video, from Latin videō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvidioː/
• Hyphenation: vi‧de‧o

Noun

video m (plural video's, diminutive videootje n)

1. video, movie (regardless of medium)

   Synonyms: film, filmpje

2. videotape

   Synonym: videoband

3. video, video signal or the visual element of a medium
4. movie which is on a video tape

   Laten we een video kijken! ― Let’s watch a movie (on VHS)!

5. video recorder

   Synonyms: videorecorder, videospeler

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English video, from the root vide of Latin videō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈdeo/
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: vi‧de‧o

Noun

video (accusative singular videon, plural videoj, accusative plural videojn)

1. video

   Synonym: filmeto

Estonian

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video (genitive video, partitive videot)

1. video

Inflection

Finnish

Etymology

From English video, formed from Latin videō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋideo/, [ˈʋide̞o̞]
• Rhymes: -ideo
• Hyphenation^(key): vi‧deo

Noun

video

1. video

   Synonym: (in some contexts) kuva

2. (informal, dated, usually in the plural) videocassette recorder, VCR

   Synonym: videonauhuri

3. (informal, dated) VHS

   Synonym: videokasetti

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• videoteekki

Further reading

• “video”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• voide

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto video, English video, French vidéo, German Video, Italian video, Russian ви́део (vídeo), Spanish video/vídeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈde.(j)o/, /viˈdɛ.(j)ɔ/

Noun

video (plural videi)

1. (neologism) video

   Synonym: filmo

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• vidio (nonstandard)

Etymology

From English video, from the root vide of Latin videō (“I see”) + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈde.ɔ/, (common) /fiˈdi.ɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: vi‧de‧o

Noun

video

1. video
   1. 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)
   2. motion picture stored on VHS or some other format

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “video” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English video.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.de.o/
• Rhymes: -ideo
• Hyphenation: vì‧de‧o

Noun

video m (invariable)

1. video (all senses)
2. display (screen)
3. monitor (TV)

References

Anagrams

• devio, deviò, dovei

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *widēō, modeled after Proto-Indo-European *wid-é-t (thematic root aorist, whence Proto-Italic *wīdī > Latin vīdī in the first person singular); ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”), a stative verb.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.de.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.de.o/, [ˈviːd̪eo]

Verb

videō (present infinitive vidēre, perfect active vīdī, supine vīsum); second conjugation

1. to see, perceive; look (at)

   Synonyms: intueor, conspicor, tueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, speciō, invīsō

   Vidēsne eum venīre? ― Do you see him coming?
2. to observe, note

   Synonyms: observō, servō, cōnspiciō, spectō, cōnspicor, cū̆stōdiō, intueor, animadvertō

3. to understand, perceive, comprehend

   Synonyms: apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, concipiō, excipiō, exaudiō
4. to look (at), consider, reflect (upon)

   Synonyms: reflectō, ponderō, putō, pendō, perpendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, cōnsultō, dēlīberō, replicō, dubitō, circumspiciō, trahō, versō

5. to look out for, see to, care for, provide, make sure

   Synonyms: cūrō, accūrō, prōcūrō, cū̆stōdiō, servō, cōnsulō, colō, cōnsultō, caveō, respiciō
6. (passive voice) to be regarded, seem, appear
7. (passive voice, used impersonally) to seem proper or right

Conjugation

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• “video”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “video”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.

Further reading

• “video”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Latvian

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video m (invariable)

1. video

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Russian видео (video), ultimately from English video.

Noun

video m (uncountable)

1. video

See also

• vaizdo įrašas

Northern Sami

Etymology

From English video.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈviteo/

Noun

video

1. video

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video m (definite singular videoen, indefinite plural videoer, definite plural videoene)

1. a video (video film or tape, video player)

Derived terms

References

• “video” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video m (definite singular videoen, indefinite plural videoar, definite plural videoane)

1. a video (video film or tape, video player)

Derived terms

References

• “video” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French video.

Adjective

video m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. video

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English video.

Noun

vȋdeo m (Cyrillic spelling ви̑део)

1. video (video tape)
2. video (motion picture)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

video (Cyrillic spelling видео)

1. masculine singular active past participle of videti

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English video.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈviɟeɔ]

Noun

video n

1. video

Declension

Further reading

• “video”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English video.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈdeo/ [biˈð̞e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: vi‧de‧o

Noun

video m (plural videos) (Latin America)

1. Alternative form of vídeo
2. video rental shop

   Synonym: videoclub

Derived terms

Further reading

• “video”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English video.

Pronunciation

Noun

video class IX (plural video class X)

1. video

References

Swedish

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video c

1. video
2. videocassette recorder

   Synonyms: videobandspelare, videoapparat

Declension

Derived terms

• videoband
• videokassett
• videospel
• videovåld

References

• video in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• video in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• video in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bidyo

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English video.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈvideo/ [ˌviː.d̪ɛˈo]
    • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈbideo/ [ˌbiː.d̪ɛˈo]
    • Rhymes: -ideo
    • Syllabification: vi‧de‧o
  • IPA^(key): /ˈvidjo/ [ˈviː.d͡ʒo]
    • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈbidjo/ [ˈbiː.d͡ʒo], (more native-sounding, no yod coalescence) /ˈbidjo/ [ˈbid̪.jo]
    • Rhymes: -idjo
    • Syllabification: vid‧eo

Noun

vídeó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜒᜌᜓ)

1. video

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “video”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Alternative forms

• vidyo (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English video.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈde.o/, /ˈvid.jo/ [ˈvid̟.jo̞ʷ]
• Hyphenation: vi‧de‧o

Noun

video (definite accusative videoyu, plural videolar)

1. video
2. videotape

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “video”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “video”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “video”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ви́део (vídeo).

Noun

video

1. video

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “видео”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from English video.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vi˧˧ zɛw˧˧], [vi˧˧ ʔɗɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧ jɛw˧˧], [vɪj˧˧ ʔɗɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧ jɛw˧˧] ~ [jɪj˧˧ jɛw˧˧], [vɪj˧˧ ʔɗɛw˧˧] ~ [jɪj˧˧ ʔɗɛw˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: vi deo, vi đeo

Noun

video

1. video