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videotape

noun · verb · 7 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of videocassette (“cassette containing videotape”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: videocassette

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

to make a recording of something on videotape

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magnetic tape, mag tape, tape

6

noun

Meaning 6

a video recording made on magnetic tape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tape, tape recording, taping, video recording, video

7

verb

Meaning 7

record on videotape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tape

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: record, enter, put down

History

Etymology

From video + tape, a trademark of media company Ampex.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَرِيط فِيدْيُو (šarīṭ fīdyū) — tape used to record videos
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܘܼܠܚܸܙܘܵܐ (zulḥizwā) — tape used to record videos
  • Belarusian: відэаплёнка (videapljónka) — tape used to record videos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錄像帶 /录像带 (lùxiàngdài) — tape used to record videos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錄影帶 /录影带 (lùyǐngdài) — tape used to record videos
  • Czech: videokazeta — tape used to record videos
  • Danish: videobånd — tape used to record videos
  • Dutch: videoband — tape used to record videos
  • Esperanto: vidbendo — tape used to record videos
  • Finnish: videonauha — tape used to record videos
  • French: bande vidéo — tape used to record videos
  • French: vidéocassette — tape used to record videos
  • Georgian: ვიდეოფირი (videopiri) — tape used to record videos
  • Georgian: ვიდეოლენტი (videolenṭi) — tape used to record videos
  • German: Videoband — tape used to record videos
  • Greek: βιντεοκασέτα (vinteokaséta) — tape used to record videos
  • Hungarian: videószalag — tape used to record videos
  • Hungarian: videókazetta — tape used to record videos
  • Icelandic: myndband — tape used to record videos
  • Irish: fístéip — tape used to record videos
  • Irish: téip físe — tape used to record videos
  • Italian: videotape — tape used to record videos
  • Italian: videonastro — tape used to record videos
  • Japanese: ビデオテープ (bideotēpu) — tape used to record videos
  • Kazakh: бейнетаспа (beinetaspa) — tape used to record videos
  • Korean: 비디오테이프 (bidioteipeu) — tape used to record videos
  • Kyrgyz: видео тасма — tape used to record videos
  • Latin: taenia magnetoscopica — tape used to record videos
  • Māori: rīpene ataata — tape used to record videos
  • Māori: rīpene whakaata — tape used to record videos
  • Marathi: व्हिडियो टेप (vhiḍiyo ṭep) — tape used to record videos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: videobånd — tape used to record videos
  • Persian: نوار ویدیو (navâr-e vidiyo) — tape used to record videos
  • Polish: taśma — tape used to record videos
  • Polish: kaseta wideo — tape used to record videos
  • Portuguese: video-tape — tape used to record videos
  • Portuguese: videotape — tape used to record videos
  • Portuguese: videoteipe — tape used to record videos
  • Portuguese: fita de vídeo — tape used to record videos
  • Romanian: casetă video — tape used to record videos
  • Russian: видеоплёнка (videopljónka) — tape used to record videos
  • Russian: видеоле́нта (videolénta) — tape used to record videos
  • Spanish: video — tape used to record videos
  • Spanish: cinta de video — tape used to record videos
  • Swahili: kideo — tape used to record videos
  • Tajik: видеонавор (videonavor) — tape used to record videos
  • Turkish: videoteyp — tape used to record videos
  • Turkish: video — tape used to record videos
  • Ukrainian: видеоплі́вка (vydeoplívka) — tape used to record videos
  • Ukrainian: відеоле́нта (videolénta) — tape used to record videos
  • Uzbek: video tasma — tape used to record videos
  • Vietnamese: băng hình — tape used to record videos
  • Vietnamese: băng vi-đê-ô — tape used to record videos
  • Walloon: cassete videyo — tape used to record videos
  • Danish: bånde — to make a recording on videotape
  • Finnish: videoida — to make a recording on videotape
  • Georgian: ვიდეოჩანაწერს აკეთებს (videočanac̣ers aḳetebs) — to make a recording on videotape
  • Greek: βιντεογραφώ (vinteografó) — to make a recording on videotape
  • Hungarian: felvesz videóra — to make a recording on videotape
  • Hungarian: videóra vesz — to make a recording on videotape
  • Hungarian: levideóz — to make a recording on videotape
  • Italian: videoregistrare — to make a recording on videotape
  • Japanese: 録画する (rokuga suru) — to make a recording on videotape
  • Mongolian: видео бичлэг (video bičleg) — to make a recording on videotape
  • Polish: nagrywać na kasecie wideo — to make a recording on videotape
  • Portuguese: gravar em vídeo — to make a recording on videotape
  • Portuguese: videogravar — to make a recording on videotape
  • Romanian: înregistra video — to make a recording on videotape
  • Romanian: înregistra pe bandă video — to make a recording on videotape
  • Spanish: grabar en video — to make a recording on videotape
  • Spanish: videograbar — to make a recording on videotape
  • Swedish: spela in (på video) — to make a recording on videotape
  • Swedish: banda — to make a recording on videotape
  • Vietnamese: ghi hình — to make a recording on videotape
Real reading context

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