noun · verb · 3 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.
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvlɒɡ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈviːˌlɒɡ/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈvlɑɡ/
General-American:/ˈviːˌlɑɡ/
rhymes with -ɒɡ
rhymes with -iːlɒɡ
rhymes with -ɑɡ
rhymes with -iːlɑɡ
1
noun
Meaning 1
A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To contribute to a video weblog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To post (something) to a video weblog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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 Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Indo-European *h2életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webh-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legh- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *léghyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bheh2ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bheh2g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog English blog blend English vlog Blend of video + blog, itself a rebracketing of weblog.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
vlog
— weblog using video
Czech:
vlog
— weblog using video
Dutch:
vlog
— weblog using video
Esperanto:
vlogo
— weblog using video
Estonian:
vlogi
— weblog using video
Finnish:
vlogi
— weblog using video
French:
vlog
— weblog using video
French:
vlogue
— weblog using video
Georgian:
ვლოგი
(vlogi)
— weblog using video
German:
Videoblog
— weblog using video
German:
Vlog
— weblog using video
German:
V-log
— weblog using video
Hungarian:
vlog
— weblog using video
Korean:
브이로그
(beu'irogeu)
— weblog using video
Macedonian:
влог
(vlog)
— weblog using video
Macedonian:
видеоблог
(videoblog)
— weblog using video