Meanings
nounvideotape (countable and uncountable, plural videotapes)
plural videotapes
- countableuncountableA relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
- countableuncountableSynonym of videocassette (“a cassette containing videotape”).
Synonyms: videocassette
verbvideotape (third-person singular simple present videotapes, present participle videotaping, simple past and past participle videotaped)
present singular third person videotapes · participle present videotaping · participle past videotaped · past videotaped
- transitiveTo make a recording of something on videotape.
- ambitransitiveTo visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of videocassette (“a cassette containing videotape”).
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From video + tape, a trademark of the media company Ampex.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شَرِيط فِيدْيُو
- شَرِيط فِيدْيُو (šarīṭ fīdyū)tape used to record videos
Chinese Mandarin 錄像帶 /录像带, 錄影帶 /录影带
- 錄像帶 /录像带 (lùxiàngdài)tape used to record videos
- 錄影帶 /录影带 (lùyǐngdài)tape used to record videos
Czech videokazeta
- videokazetatape used to record videos
Danish videobånd, bånde
- videobåndtape used to record videos
- båndeto make a recording on videotape
Dutch videoband
- videobandtape used to record videos
Esperanto vidbendo
- vidbendotape used to record videos
Finnish videonauha, videoida
- videonauhatape used to record videos
- videoidato make a recording on videotape
French bande vidéo, vidéocassette
- bande vidéotape used to record videos
- vidéocassettetape used to record videos
German Videoband
- Videobandtape used to record videos
Greek βιντεοκασέτα, βιντεογραφώ
- βιντεοκασέτα (vinteokaséta)tape used to record videos
- βιντεογραφώ (vinteografó)to make a recording on videotape
Hungarian videószalag, videókazetta
- videószalagtape used to record videos
- videókazettatape used to record videos
- felvesz videórato make a recording on videotape
- videóra veszto make a recording on videotape
- levideózto make a recording on videotape
Icelandic myndband
- myndbandtape used to record videos
Irish fístéip, téip físe
- fístéiptape used to record videos
- téip físetape used to record videos
Italian videotape, videonastro
- videotapetape used to record videos
- videonastrotape used to record videos
- videoregistrareto make a recording on videotape
Japanese ビデオテープ, 録画する
- ビデオテープ (bideotēpu)tape used to record videos
- 録画する (rokuga suru)to make a recording on videotape
Korean 비디오테이프
- 비디오테이프 (bidioteipeu)tape used to record videos
Latin taenia magnetoscopica
- taenia magnetoscopicatape used to record videos
Māori rīpene ataata, rīpene whakaata
- rīpene ataatatape used to record videos
- rīpene whakaatatape used to record videos
Norwegian Bokmål videobånd
- videobåndtape used to record videos
Persian نوار ویدیو
- نوار ویدیو (navâr-e vidiyo)tape used to record videos
Polish taśma, kaseta wideo
- taśmatape used to record videos
- kaseta wideotape used to record videos
- nagrywać na kasecie wideoto make a recording on videotape
- nagrać na kasecie wideoto make a recording on videotape
Portuguese video-tape, videotape
- video-tapetape used to record videos
- videotapetape used to record videos
- videoteipetape used to record videos
- fita de vídeotape used to record videos
- gravar em vídeoto make a recording on videotape
- videogravarto make a recording on videotape
Romanian casetă video, înregistra video
- casetă videotape used to record videos
- înregistra videoto make a recording on videotape
- înregistra pe bandă videoto make a recording on videotape
Russian видеоплёнка, видеоле́нта
- видеоплёнка (videopljónka)tape used to record videos
- видеоле́нта (videolénta)tape used to record videos
Spanish video, cinta de video
- videotape used to record videos
- cinta de videotape used to record videos
- grabar en videoto make a recording on videotape
- videograbarto make a recording on videotape
Swahili kideo
- kideotape used to record videos
Swedish spela in (på video), banda
- spela in (på video)to make a recording on videotape
- bandato make a recording on videotape
Turkish videoteyp, video
- videoteyptape used to record videos
- videotape used to record videos
Ukrainian видеоплі́вка, відеоле́нта
- видеоплі́вка (vydeoplívka)tape used to record videos
- відеоле́нта (videolénta)tape used to record videos
Vietnamese băng hình, băng vi-đê-ô
- băng hìnhtape used to record videos
- băng vi-đê-ôtape used to record videos
- ghi hìnhto make a recording on videotape
Cite this entry
APA
videotape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotape
MLA
“videotape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotape. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “videotape,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotape.
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