English Explanatory Dictionary

video

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).
  3. A motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
  4. VHS.
verb
  1. To record using a video camera, to videotape.
  2. To record a television program.
  3. To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/ /ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/ en-us-video.ogg /ˈʋi.ɖɪ.jo/ /ˈʋiɖ.jo/ [ʋiːɖ(ɪ)joˑ] /ˈvɪd.i.əʉ/ /ˈvɪd.i.ɐʉ/ /ˈvəd.i.ɐʉ/ /ˈbidʒo/

Word forms

video videos videmus videoes videoing videoed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

Synonyms

clip vid

Related words

audio audiovisual television videogram radio

Derived words

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