video call

English

Alternative forms

• videocall

Noun

video call (plural video calls)

1. A kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery.
   • 2020 May 6, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: One chance for a new order”, in Rail, page 3:

     Research is already suggesting that people find video calls "exhausting", because the unavoidable technological delay in a conversation is unsettling. You can't judge facial expressions, body language and responses as accurately when they are not instantaneous, even if you don't consciously realise it.

Synonyms

• vidcall (science fiction)
• vidchat

Translations

kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery

• Catalan: videotrucada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視頻通話／视频通话 (shìpín tōnghuà), 視頻電話／视频电话 (shìpín diànhuà)

• Czech: videohovor m
• Danish: videosamtale c, videomøde n
• Dutch: videogesprek (nl) n
• Finnish: videopuhelu (fi)
• French: appel vidéo m
• Georgian: ვიდეოზარი (videozari), ვიდეო ზარი (video zari)
• German: Videoanruf m
• Irish: físghlaoch m
• Italian: videochiamata (it) f
• Japanese: ビデオコール (bideokōru)
• Korean: 영상통화 (yeongsangtonghwa), 화상통화 (hwasangtonghwa)
• Polish: rozmowa wideo, wideorozmowa
• Portuguese: videochamada f
• Russian: видеозвонок (ru) m (videozvonok)
• Spanish: videollamada (es)
• Swedish: videosamtal (sv) n
• Turkish: görüntülü arama