Phrase guide

videocassette recorder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An electronic device for recording and playing back television programs and movies (featuring visual images and sound) on a videocassette that can be attached to a television set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: VCR

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tape recorder, tape machine

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: magnetoscopi — recording device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錄像機 /录像机 (lùxiàngjī) — recording device
  • Danish: videobåndoptager — recording device
  • Dutch: videorecorder — recording device
  • Estonian: videomagnetofon — recording device
  • Finnish: videonauhuri — recording device
  • French: magnétoscope — recording device
  • German: Videorekorder — recording device
  • Greek: μαγνητοσκόπιο (magnitoskópio) — recording device
  • Hungarian: videómagnó — recording device
  • Hungarian: videólejátszó — recording device
  • Hungarian: videó — recording device
  • Hungarian: videókészülék — recording device
  • Icelandic: myndbandstæki — recording device
  • Irish: fístaifeadán caiséid — recording device
  • Italian: videoregistratore — recording device
  • Japanese: ビデオカセットレコーダー (bideokasettorekōdā) — recording device
  • Japanese: ビデオデッキ (bideodekki) — recording device
  • Kazakh: бейнемагнитофон (beinemagnitofon) — recording device
  • Korean: 비디오카세트 레코더 (bidiokaseteu rekodeo) — recording device
  • Malay: perakam kaset video — recording device
  • Polish: magnetowid — recording device
  • Polish: wideomagnetofon — recording device
  • Russian: видеомагнитофо́н (videomagnitofón) — recording device
  • Spanish: vídeo — recording device
  • Spanish: videograbador — recording device
  • Spanish: videograbadora — recording device
  • Swedish: videobandspelare — recording device
  • Swedish: video — recording device
  • Ukrainian: відеомагнітофо́н (videomahnitofón) — recording device