Meanings
nounvideo (countable and uncountable, plural videos or (rare, humorous) videmus or (nonstandard) videoes)
plural videos · humorous plural rare videmus · nonstandard plural videoes
- uncountableTransient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.
Which cable is for the video feed?
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Early TV used film to record video.
- countabledateduncountableTelevision content or media.
verbvideo (third-person singular simple present videoes, present participle videoing, simple past and past participle videoed)
present singular third person videoes · participle present videoing · participle past videoed · past videoed
- UKTo record using a video camera, to videotape.
- UKTo record a television program.
- ambitransitiveTo visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA recording or medium of visual content, especially audiovisual content for playback; a motion picture, movie, film.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
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nounbroadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*widēō
- Latinvideō
- Englishaudioinflu.
- Englishvideo
From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فِيدِيُو, فيديو
- فِيدِيُو (fīdiyū)television show, movie
- فيديو (fīdyu, vīdyu)television show, movie
- فِيدِيُو (fīdiyū)motion picture stored on VHS
Bengali ভিডিও, ভিডিও
- ভিডিও (bhiḍiō)television show, movie
- ভিডিও (bhiḍiō)motion picture stored on VHS
Bulgarian ви́део, ви́део
- ви́део (vídeo)television show, movie
- ви́део (vídeo)film clip
- клип (klip)film clip
- ви́деоклип (vídeoklip)film clip
- ви́део (vídeo)motion picture stored on VHS
- видеокасе́та (videokaséta)VHS
Catalan vídeo
- vídeofilm clip
Chinese Cantonese 影片
- 影片television show, movie
Chinese Mandarin 視頻 /视频, 影片
- 視頻 /视频 (shìpín)television show, movie
- 影片 (yǐngpiàn, yǐngpiān)television show, movie
- 短視頻 /短视频 (duǎnshìpín)film clip
- 視頻 /视频 (shìpín)film clip
- 錄影 /录影 (lùyǐng)motion picture stored on VHS
- 錄像帶 /录像带 (lùxiàngdài)VHS
Czech pořad, video
- pořadtelevision show, movie
- videotelevision show, movie
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- videokazetaVHS
Danish video, video
- videotelevision show, movie
- videofilm clip
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
Dutch televisie, televisieshow
- televisietelevision show, movie
- televisieshowtelevision show, movie
- filmtelevision show, movie
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- videoVHS
- videocassetteVHS
Esperanto video, filmeto
- videotelevision show, movie
- filmetofilm clip
- videokasedoVHS
Estonian video
- videotelevision show, movie
Finnish video, video
- videotelevision show, movie
- videofilm clip
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- videokasettiVHS
French vidéo, vidéo
- vidéotelevision show, movie
- vidéomotion picture stored on VHS
- vidéoVHS
- cassette vidéoVHS
- vidéocassetteVHS
German Video, Video
- Videotelevision show, movie
- Videofilm clip
- Videomotion picture stored on VHS
- VideokassetteVHS
Greek βίντεο, βίντεο
- βίντεο (vínteo)television show, movie
- βίντεο (vínteo)motion picture stored on VHS
Hawaiian wikiō, wikiō
- wikiōtelevision show, movie
- wikiōmotion picture stored on VHS
- wikiōVHS
Hebrew וִידֵאוֹ, סִרְטוֹן
- וִידֵאוֹ (víde'o)television show, movie
- סִרְטוֹן (sirtón)film clip
- וִידֵאוֹ (víde'o)motion picture stored on VHS
- וִידֵאוֹ (víde'o)VHS
Hindi वीडियो, वीडियो
- वीडियो (vīḍiyo)television show, movie
- वीडियो (vīḍiyo)motion picture stored on VHS
Hungarian videó, videokazetta
- videótelevision show, movie
- videokazettaVHS
Icelandic myndband
- myndbandtelevision show, movie
Indonesian video, video
- videotelevision show, movie
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- kaset videoVHS
Iranian Persian ویدِیو, ویدِیو
- ویدِیو (vidiyo)television show, movie
- ویدِیو (vidiyo)motion picture stored on VHS
Irish físeán
- físeántelevision show, movie
Italian video, videofilm
- videotelevision show, movie
- videofilmmotion picture stored on VHS
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
Japanese ビデオ, 映像
- ビデオ (bideo)television show, movie
- 映像 (eizō)television show, movie
- 動画 (dōga)film clip
- ビデオ (bideo)motion picture stored on VHS
- VTR (bui-tī-āru)motion picture stored on VHS
Korean 비디오, 영상
- 비디오 (bidio)television show, movie
- 영상 (yeongsang)television show, movie
- 클립 (keullip)film clip
- 비디오 (bidio)motion picture stored on VHS
Latin magnetoscopium
- magnetoscopiumfilm clip
Lithuanian video, video
- videotelevision show, movie
- videofilm clip
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- video kasetėVHS
Malay video, video
- videofilm clip
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
Norwegian Bokmål video, video
- videotelevision show, movie
- videofilm clip
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
Polish wideo, wideo
- wideotelevision show, movie
- wideomotion picture stored on VHS
Portuguese vídeo, vídeo
- vídeotelevision show, movie
- vídeomotion picture stored on VHS
- videocasseteVHS
- fitaVHS
Romanian video, video
- videotelevision show, movie
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- videocasetăVHS
Russian ви́део, ро́лик
- ви́део (vídeo)television show, movie
- ро́лик (rólik)film clip
- видеокли́п (videoklíp)film clip
- клип (klip)film clip
- видеоро́лик (videorólik)film clip
- ви́део (vídeo)motion picture stored on VHS
- видеофи́льм (videofílʹm)motion picture stored on VHS
- видеокассе́та (videokasséta)VHS
Scottish Gaelic bhidio, bhidio
- bhidiotelevision show, movie
- bhidiomotion picture stored on VHS
- bhidioVHS
Slovak video, video
- videotelevision show, movie
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- videokazetaVHS
Spanish vídeo, video
- vídeotelevision show, movie
- videotelevision show, movie
- vídeofilm clip
- videofilm clip
- vídeomotion picture stored on VHS
- videocintaVHS
- cinta de vídeoVHS
Swahili filamu, video
- filamutelevision show, movie
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- videoVHS
Swedish video, videofilm
- videotelevision show, movie
- videofilmmotion picture stored on VHS
- videoVHS
- videobandVHS
- videokassettVHS
Thai วิดีโอ, วิดีโอ
- วิดีโอ (wí-dii-oo)television show, movie
- วิดีโอ (wí-dii-oo)motion picture stored on VHS
Turkish video, video
- videotelevision show, movie
- videomotion picture stored on VHS
- görüntümotion picture stored on VHS
- videokasetVHS
Ukrainian ві́део, ві́део
- ві́део (vídeo)television show, movie
- ві́део (vídeo)motion picture stored on VHS
- відеофі́льм (videofílʹm)motion picture stored on VHS
- відеокасе́та (videokaséta)VHS
Urdu وِیڈِیو, وِیڈِیو
- وِیڈِیو (vīḍiyo)television show, movie
- وِیڈِیو (vīḍiyo)motion picture stored on VHS
Vietnamese đoạn ghi hình, vi-đê-ô
- đoạn ghi hìnhtelevision show, movie
- vi-đê-ôtelevision show, movie
- thước phimfilm clip
- vi-đê-ômotion picture stored on VHS
- băng hìnhVHS
- ghi hìnhtelevision show, movie
Welsh fideo, fideo
- fideotelevision show, movie
- fideomotion picture stored on VHS
- fideoVHS
Yiddish ווידעאָ, ווידעאָ
- ווידעאָ (video)television show, movie
- ווידעאָ (video)film clip
- ווידעאָ (video)motion picture stored on VHS
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Cite this entry
APA
video. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video
MLA
“video.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “video,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video.
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