Meanings
nountimestamp (plural timestamps)
plural timestamps · alternative time-stamp
- InternetartsThe time at which something in a video occurs.
verbtimestamp (third-person singular simple present timestamps, present participle timestamping, simple past and past participle timestamped)
present singular third person timestamps · participle present timestamping · participle past timestamped · past timestamped · alternative time-stamp
- especiallytransitivecomputingTo record the date and time of (an event, etc).
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From time + stamp (noun); the verb sense derives from the noun.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خَتَم زَمَنِيّ, طَابَع زَمَنِيّ
- خَتَم زَمَنِيّ (ḵatam zamaniyy)date and time of an event
- طَابَع زَمَنِيّ (ṭābaʕ zamaniyy)date and time of an event
Chinese Mandarin 時間戳 /时间戳, 時戳 /时戳
- 時間戳 /时间戳 (shíjiānchuō)date and time of an event
- 時戳 /时戳 (shíchuō)date and time of an event
- 時間戳記 /时间戳记 (shíjiān chuōjì)record date and time of
Czech časové razítko, časová značka
- časové razítkodate and time of an event
- časová značkadate and time of an event
Danish tidsstempel, tidsstemple
- tidsstempeldate and time of an event
- tidsstemplerecord date and time of
Dutch tijdsaanduiding, tijdstempel
- tijdsaanduidingdate and time of an event
- tijdstempeldate and time of an event
- metenrecord date and time of
Finnish aikaleima, merkitä aikaleima
- aikaleimadate and time of an event
- merkitä aikaleimarecord date and time of
- aikaleimatarecord date and time of
French horodatage, horodater
- horodatagedate and time of an event
- horodaterrecord date and time of
German Zeitstempel, zeitstempeln
- Zeitstempeldate and time of an event
- zeitstempelnrecord date and time of
Greek χρονόσημο, χρονοσήμανση
- χρονόσημο (chronósimo)date and time of an event
- χρονοσήμανση (chronosímansi)date and time of an event
Hungarian időbélyeg
- időbélyegdate and time of an event
Italian marca temporale
- marca temporaledate and time of an event
Japanese タイムスタンプ
- タイムスタンプ (taimusutanpu)date and time of an event
Korean 타임스탬프, 시간 표기
- 타임스탬프 (taimseutaempeu)date and time of an event
- 시간 표기 (sigan pyogi)date and time of an event
Norwegian Bokmål tidsstempel
- tidsstempeldate and time of an event
Polish znacznik czasu
- znacznik czasudate and time of an event
Portuguese timestamp
- timestampdate and time of an event
Romanian ștampilă de timp, marcaj temporal
- ștampilă de timpdate and time of an event
- marcaj temporaldate and time of an event
Russian временна́я ме́тка, ме́тка вре́мени
- временна́я ме́тка (vremennája métka)date and time of an event
- ме́тка вре́мени (métka vrémeni)date and time of an event
Spanish cronomarcador, marca de tiempo
- cronomarcadordate and time of an event
- marca de tiempodate and time of an event
- cronosellodate and time of an event
- sello temporaldate and time of an event
- datadate and time of an event
- datacióndate and time of an event
- cronomarcarrecord date and time of
- datarrecord date and time of
Turkish zaman damgası, tarih damgası vurmak
- zaman damgasıdate and time of an event
- tarih damgası vurmakrecord date and time of
Ukrainian часова́ мі́тка, мі́тка ча́су
- часова́ мі́тка (časová mítka)date and time of an event
- мі́тка ча́су (mítka čásu)date and time of an event
- часова́ відмі́тка (časová vidmítka)date and time of an event
Vietnamese dấu thời gian, mốc thời gian
- dấu thời giandate and time of an event
- mốc thời giandate and time of an event
Cite this entry
APA
timestamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timestamp
MLA
“timestamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timestamp. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “timestamp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timestamp.
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