German

Noun

Video n ‎(genitive Videos, plural Videos)

1. video

Related terms

• Videofilm
• Videospiel

English

Noun

video ‎(countable and uncountable, plural videos or (humorous) videmus)

A VHS casette

1. Television, television show, movie.
2. A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).
3. Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
4. (dated) VHS.

Usage notes

• Video is used in contrast with audio, which is sound only.
• The plural videmus is rare and used for humorous effect. It is the first-person plural form of the Latin verb ("we see") in the same way that video is the singular.

Related terms

See also

• video on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Verb

video ‎(third-person singular simple present videoes, present participle videoing, simple past and past participle videoed)

1. To record using video equipment

See also

• radio

Czech

Noun

video n

1. video

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvidioː/

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video m ‎(plural video's, diminutive videootje n)

1. video, movie (regardless of medium)
2. videotape
3. movie which is on a video tape

   Laten we een video kijken!‎

   Let’s watch a movie (on VHS)!

4. video recorder

Synonyms

• (video, movie): film, filmpje
• (videotape): videoband
• (video recorder): videorecorder

Derived terms

• videoband
• videorecorder
• videotheek

Esperanto

Noun

video ‎(accusative singular videon, plural videoj, accusative plural videojn)

1. video

Finnish

Noun

video

1. video
2. (chiefly in the plural) videocassette recorder, VCR
3. VHS

Declension

Derived terms

• videoida

Compounds

Related terms

• videoteekki

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈde.(j)o/, /viˈdɛ.(j)ɔ/

Etymology

Borrowing from English video, French vidéo, Italian video, Spanish video/vídeo, Russian ви́део ‎(vídeo).

Noun

video (plural videi)

1. (neologism) video

Synonyms

• filmo

Italian

Noun

video m ‎(invariable)

1. video (all senses)
2. display (screen)
3. monitor (TV)

Anagrams

• devio, deviò, dovei

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *widēō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‎(“to know; see”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek εἴδω ‎(eídō), Mycenaean Greek 𐀹𐀆 ‎(wi-de), Sanskrit वेत्ति ‎(vétti), Russian ви́деть ‎(vídetʹ), Old English witan (English wit), German wissen, Macedonian види ‎(vidi), Swedish veta.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.de.oː/, [ˈwɪ.de.oː]

Verb

videō ‎(present infinitive vidēre, perfect active vīdī, supine vīsum); second conjugation

1. I see, perceive; look (at)

   Videsne eum venire?‎

   Do you see him coming?

   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam

     Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.

     You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.

2. I observe, note
3. I understand, perceive, comprehend
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam

     O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?

     Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!

4. I look (at), consider, reflect (upon)
5. I look out for, see to, care for, provide, make sure
6. (passive) I am regarded, seem, appear
7. (passive, used impersonally) I seem proper or right

Inflection

Synonyms

• (see): spectō, speciō, vīsō

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• video in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• video in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the visible world: haec omnia, quae videmus
    
  • I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut
    
  • our generation has seen many victories: nostra aetas multas victorias vidit
    
  • I have not seen you for five years: quinque anni sunt or sextus annus est, cum te non vidi
    
  • to live to see the day when..: diem videre, cum...
    
  • to see clearly, distinctly: cernere et videre aliquid
    
  • to see with the mind's eye: oculis mentis videre aliquid
    
  • to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre
    
  • to be middle-aged (i.e. between thirty and forty): tertiam iam aetatem videre
    
  • I haven't had a wink of sleep: somnum oculis meis non vidi (Fam. 7. 30)
    
  • to see something in a dream: in somnis videre aliquid or speciem
    
  • I dreamed I saw..: in somnis visus (mihi) sum videre
    
  • to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)
    
  • to live a life free from all misfortune: nihil calamitatis (in vita) videre
    
  • according to my opinion: ut mihi quidem videtur
    
  • we read in history: apud rerum scriptores scriptum videmus, scriptum est
    
  • to have a general idea of a thing: uno conspectu videre aliquid
    
  • we read in Plato: apud Platonem scriptum videmus, scriptum est or simply est
    
  • I flatter myself with the hope..: sperare videor
    
  • the house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note 'Threaten'...): domus collapsura, corruitura (esse) videtur
    
  • to possess great political insight: plus in re publica videre
    
  • let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state: videant or dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat (Catil. 1. 2. 4)
    
  • what is your opinion: quid censes? quid tibi videtur?
    
  • there is nothing strange in that: neque id mirum est or videri debet
    
  • (ambiguous) the question has forced itself on my mind: quaerendum esse mihi visum est
    

Latvian

Noun

video m (invariable)

1. video

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

video m ‎(definite singular videoen, indefinite plural videoer, definite plural videoene)

1. a video (video film or tape, video player)

Derived terms

• videokamera
• videotelefon

References

• “video” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

video m ‎(definite singular videoen, indefinite plural videoar, definite plural videoane)

1. a video (video film or tape, video player)

Derived terms

• videokamera
• videotelefon

References

• “video” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video m ‎(Cyrillic spelling видео)

1. video (video tape)
2. video (motion picture)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vídeo (Spain)

Noun

video m ‎(plural videos)

1. (Latin America) video.
2. (Latin America) videotape.
3. (Latin America) movie that is stored on VHS tape or DVD.
4. (Latin America) video store.

Swedish

Noun

video c

1. video
2. video player

Declension

Turkish

Noun

video ‎(definite accusative videoyu, plural videolar)

1. video

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian ви́део ‎(vídeo).

Noun

video

1. video

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “видео”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika