Meanings
nounvideo call (plural video calls)
plural video calls · alternative videocall
- A live audiovisual telecommunication; a phone call with video; a video chat.
1 more example
Research is already suggesting that people find video calls "exhausting", because the unavoidable technological delay in a conversation is unsettling. You can't judge facial expressions, body language and responses as accurately when they are not instantaneous, even if you don't consciously realise it.
2020 May 6, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: One chance for a new order”, in Rail, page 3
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic مُكَالَمَةُ فِيدِيُو
- مُكَالَمَةُ فِيدِيُو (mukālamatu fīdiyū)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Bulgarian ви́деооба́ждане
- ви́деооба́ждане (vídeoobáždane)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Catalan videotrucada
- videotrucadakind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Chinese Cantonese 視像通話 /视像通话
- 視像通話 /视像通话 (si⁶ zoeng⁶ tung¹ waa⁶)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Chinese Mandarin 視頻通話 /视频通话, 視頻電話 /视频电话
- 視頻通話 /视频通话 (shìpín tōnghuà)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
- 視頻電話 /视频电话 (shìpín diànhuà)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
- 視訊通話 /视讯通话 (shìxùn tōnghuà)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
- 視像通話 /视像通话 (shìxiàng tōnghuà)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Czech videohovor
- videohovorkind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Danish videosamtale, videomøde
- videosamtalekind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
- videomødekind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Dutch videogesprek
- videogesprekkind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Finnish videopuhelu
- videopuhelukind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
French appel vidéo
- appel vidéokind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
German Videoanruf
- Videoanrufkind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Greek βιντεοκλήση
- βιντεοκλήση (vinteoklísi)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Hungarian videohívás
- videohíváskind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Irish físghlaoch
- físghlaochkind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Italian videochiamata
- videochiamatakind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Japanese ビデオコール, ビデオ通話
- ビデオコール (bideokōru)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
- ビデオ通話 (bideo tsūwa)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Korean 영상통화, 화상통화
- 영상통화 (yeongsangtonghwa)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
- 화상통화 (hwasangtonghwa)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Norwegian Bokmål videosamtale
- videosamtalekind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Polish rozmowa wideo, wideorozmowa
- rozmowa wideokind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
- wideorozmowakind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Portuguese videochamada
- videochamadakind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Russian видеозвоно́к
- видеозвоно́к (videozvonók)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Slovak videohovor
- videohovorkind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Spanish videollamada
- videollamadakind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Swedish videosamtal
- videosamtalkind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Turkish görüntülü arama
- görüntülü aramakind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Ukrainian відеодзвіно́к
- відеодзвіно́к (videodzvinók)kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery
Cite this entry
APA
video call. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video%20call
MLA
“video call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video%20call. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “video call,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/video%20call.
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