noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/
Canada, General-American:/ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
South-Asia:/ˈʋi.ɖɪ.jo/
South-Asia:/ˈʋiɖ.jo/
South-Asia:[ʋiːɖ(ɪ)joˑ]
Australian:/ˈvɪd.i.əʉ/
Australian:/ˈvɪd.i.ɐʉ/
New-Zealand:/ˈvəd.i.ɐʉ/
Philippines:/ˈbidʒo/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Early TV used film to record video.
Which cable is for the video feed?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A recording or medium of visual content, especially audiovisual content for playback; a motion picture, movie, film.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
We edited a video montage of Robbie's first birthday.
We used to make videos on tape recorders.
Check out the videos I uploaded online.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clip, vid
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Television content or media.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
videotape, VHS.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To record using a video camera, to videotape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To record a television program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: video recording
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recording
Narrower terms: videocassette, videotape
9
noun
Meaning 9
broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects - Ernie Kovacs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she is a star of screen and video
Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done
they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: picture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual communication
11
noun
Meaning 11
(computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual communication
History
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 audioinflu. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.
Across languages
Translations
242 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
video
— television show, movie
Arabic:
فِيدِيُو
(fīdiyū)
— television show, movie
Arabic:
فيديو
(fīdyu, vīdyu)
— television show, movie
Armenian:
վիդէո
(vidēo)
— television show, movie
Armenian:
վիտէօ
(vitēō)
— television show, movie
Armenian:
վիդեո
(video)
— television show, movie
Belarusian:
ві́дэа
(vídea)
— television show, movie
Bengali:
ভিডিও
(bhiḍiō)
— television show, movie
Bulgarian:
ви́део
(vídeo)
— television show, movie
Burmese:
ဗီဒီယို
(bidiyui)
— television show, movie
Burmese:
ဗွီဒီယို
(bwidiyui)
— television show, movie
Chinese Cantonese:
影片
— television show, movie
Chinese Mandarin:
視頻 /视频
(shìpín)
— television show, movie
Chinese Mandarin:
影片
(yǐngpiàn, yǐngpiān)
— television show, movie
Cornish:
gwydhyow
— television show, movie
Corsican:
videu
— television show, movie
Czech:
pořad
— television show, movie
Czech:
video
— television show, movie
Danish:
video
— television show, movie
Dutch:
televisie
— television show, movie
Dutch:
televisieshow
— television show, movie
Dutch:
film
— television show, movie
Esperanto:
video
— television show, movie
Estonian:
video
— television show, movie
Finnish:
video
— television show, movie
French:
vidéo
— television show, movie
Galician:
vídeo
— television show, movie
Georgian:
ვიდეო
(video)
— television show, movie
German:
Video
— television show, movie
Greek:
βίντεο
(vínteo)
— television show, movie
Gujarati:
દૂરદર્શન
(dūrdarśan)
— television show, movie
Hawaiian:
wikiō
— television show, movie
Hebrew:
וִידֵאוֹ
(víde'o)
— television show, movie
Hindi:
वीडियो
(vīḍiyo)
— television show, movie
Hungarian:
videó
— television show, movie
Icelandic:
myndband
— television show, movie
Ido:
video
— television show, movie
Indonesian:
video
— television show, movie
Irish:
físeán
— television show, movie
Italian:
video
— television show, movie
Japanese:
ビデオ
(bideo)
— television show, movie
Japanese:
映像
(eizō)
— television show, movie
Kalmyk:
үзллт
(üzllt)
— television show, movie
Kazakh:
бейне
(beine)
— television show, movie
Khmer:
វីដេអូ
(viideeʼou)
— television show, movie
Korean:
비디오
(bidio)
— television show, movie
Korean:
영상
(yeongsang)
— television show, movie
Central Kurdish:
ڤیدیۆ
(vîdyo)
— television show, movie
Northern Kurdish:
vîdyo
— television show, movie
Northern Kurdish:
vîdeo
— television show, movie
Kyrgyz:
көрмө
(körmö)
— television show, movie
Lao:
ວິດີໂອ
(wi dī ʼō)
— television show, movie
Lithuanian:
video
— television show, movie
Macedonian:
видео
(video)
— television show, movie
Maltese:
vidjow
— television show, movie
Mongolian:
видео
(video)
— television show, movie
Norman:
vidgo
— television show, movie
Norwegian Bokmål:
video
— television show, movie
Norwegian Nynorsk:
video
— television show, movie
Pashto:
ویډو
— television show, movie
Iranian Persian:
ویدِیو
(vidiyo)
— television show, movie
Polish:
wideo
— television show, movie
Portuguese:
vídeo
— television show, movie
Romanian:
video
— television show, movie
Russian:
ви́део
(vídeo)
— television show, movie
Sardinian:
video
— television show, movie
Scottish Gaelic:
bhidio
— television show, movie
Serbo-Croatian:
ви̑део
— television show, movie
Serbo-Croatian:
vȋdeo
— television show, movie
Sicilian:
vìdiu
— television show, movie
Slovak:
video
— television show, movie
Slovene:
video
— television show, movie
Spanish:
vídeo
— television show, movie
Spanish:
video
— television show, movie
Swahili:
filamu
— television show, movie
Swedish:
video
— television show, movie
Tajik:
видео
(video)
— television show, movie
Tatar:
видео
(wideo)
— television show, movie
Thai:
วิดีโอ
(wí-dii-oo)
— television show, movie
Turkish:
video
— television show, movie
Turkmen:
wideo
— television show, movie
Ukrainian:
ві́део
(vídeo)
— television show, movie
Urdu:
وِیڈِیو
(vīḍiyo)
— television show, movie
Uyghur:
ۋىدېئو
(widë'o)
— television show, movie
Vietnamese:
vi-đê-ô
— television show, movie
Welsh:
fideo
— television show, movie
Yiddish:
ווידעאָ
(video)
— television show, movie
Zhuang:
sibinz
— television show, movie
Bulgarian:
ви́део
(vídeo)
— film clip
Bulgarian:
клип
(klip)
— film clip
Bulgarian:
ви́деоклип
(vídeoklip)
— film clip
Catalan:
vídeo
— film clip
Chinese Mandarin:
短視頻 /短视频
(duǎnshìpín)
— film clip
Chinese Mandarin:
視頻 /视频
(shìpín)
— film clip
Danish:
video
— film clip
Esperanto:
filmeto
— film clip
Finnish:
video
— film clip
German:
Video
— film clip
Hebrew:
סִרְטוֹן
(sirtón)
— film clip
Japanese:
動画
(dōga)
— film clip
Korean:
클립
(keullip)
— film clip
Latin:
magnetoscopium
— film clip
Lithuanian:
video
— film clip
Malay:
video
— film clip
Marathi:
व्हिडियो
(vhiḍiyo)
— film clip
Norwegian Bokmål:
video
— film clip
Norwegian Nynorsk:
video
— film clip
Russian:
ро́лик
(rólik)
— film clip
Russian:
видеокли́п
(videoklíp)
— film clip
Russian:
клип
(klip)
— film clip
Russian:
видеоро́лик
(videorólik)
— film clip
Northern Sami:
video
— film clip
Southern Sami:
videove
— film clip
Sicilian:
vìdiu
— film clip
Sicilian:
firminu
— film clip
Spanish:
vídeo
— film clip
Spanish:
video
— film clip
Vietnamese:
vi-đê-ô
— film clip
Yiddish:
ווידעאָ
(video)
— film clip
Yucatec Maya:
chaʼan
— film clip
Yucatec Maya:
video
— film clip
Albanian:
video
— motion picture stored on VHS
Arabic:
فِيدِيُو
(fīdiyū)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Azerbaijani:
video
— motion picture stored on VHS
Belarusian:
ві́дэа
(vídea)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Belarusian:
відэафі́льм
(videafílʹm)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Bengali:
ভিডিও
(bhiḍiō)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Bulgarian:
ви́део
(vídeo)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Burmese:
ဗီဒီယို
(bidiyui)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Chinese Mandarin:
錄影 /录影
(lùyǐng)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Cornish:
gwydhyow
— motion picture stored on VHS
Czech:
video
— motion picture stored on VHS
Danish:
video
— motion picture stored on VHS
Dutch:
video
— motion picture stored on VHS
Finnish:
video
— motion picture stored on VHS
French:
vidéo
— motion picture stored on VHS
Galician:
vídeo
— motion picture stored on VHS
Georgian:
ვიდეო
(video)
— motion picture stored on VHS
German:
Video
— motion picture stored on VHS
Greek:
βίντεο
(vínteo)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Hawaiian:
wikiō
— motion picture stored on VHS
Hebrew:
וִידֵאוֹ
(víde'o)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Hindi:
वीडियो
(vīḍiyo)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Indonesian:
video
— motion picture stored on VHS
Italian:
videofilm
— motion picture stored on VHS
Italian:
video
— motion picture stored on VHS
Japanese:
ビデオ
(bideo)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Japanese:
VTR (bui-tī-āru)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Kalmyk:
үзллт
(üzllt)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Kazakh:
бейне
(beine)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Khmer:
វីដេអូ
(viideeʼou)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Korean:
비디오
(bidio)
— motion picture stored on VHS
Northern Kurdish:
vîdeyo
— motion picture stored on VHS
Kyrgyz:
көрмө
(körmö)
— motion picture stored on VHS
