video

See also Video, vidéo, vídeo, and video-

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin videō (I see).

Pronunciation

Noun

video (plural videos or rarely, for humorously pedantic effect, videmus)

A VHS casette
  1. Television, television show, movie.
  2. Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
  3. (dated) VHS.

Usage notes

  • Video is used in contrast with audio, which is sound only.

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Translations

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  • Hawaiian: wikiō

Verb

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

  1. To record using video equipment

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Dutch

Etymology

From English video.

Pronunciation

Noun

video m (plural video's, diminutive videootje)

  1. A video tape.
  2. A movie which is on a video tape.
    Laten we een video kijken!
    “Let’s watch a movie (on VHS)!”
  3. A video recorder.

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Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. video

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Finnish

Noun

video

  1. video
  2. (usually plural) videocassette recorder, VCR
  3. VHS

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  • videoteekki

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Ido

Noun

video (plural videi)

  1. video

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Italian

Noun

video m (invariable)

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to know; see). Cognates include Ancient Greek εἴδω (eidō), Mycenaean Greek wi-de, Sanskrit वेत्ति (vétti), Russian видеть (videt’), Old English witan (English wit), German wissen, Macedonian види (vidi).

Pronunciation

Verb

present active videō, present infinitive vidēre, perfect active vīdī, supine vīsum.

  1. I see, perceive; look (at).
    Videsne quis venit?
    Do you see who is coming?
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
      Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.
      You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.
  2. I observe, note.
  3. I understand, perceive, comprehend.
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
      O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?
      Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!
  4. I look (at), consider, reflect (upon).
  5. I look out for, see to, care for, provide, make sure.
  6. (passive) I am regarded, seem, appear.
  7. (passive, used impersonally) I seem proper or right.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video m (Cyrillic spelling видео)

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

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Noun

video m (plural videos)

  1. (Latin America) videotape.
  2. (Latin America) movie that is stored on VHS tape or DVD.
  3. (Latin America) video store.

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Swedish

Noun

video c

  1. video
  2. video player

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Turkish

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Noun

video (definite accusative videoyu, plural videolar)

  1. video

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