VHS

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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A VHS cassette.

Etymology[edit]

Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System.

Noun[edit]

VHS (countable and uncountable, plural VHSes)

  1. A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.
    Coordinate terms: Betamax, VCC, Video 2000
    • 2009, Jacques Boyreau, Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box, page 5:
      The curt take on VHS is that it is a dead format, a quaint and sham way to watch a movie. Regardless, to date, there are quantities of VHS titles not available on DVD, and that may never be.
    • 2021 February 20, Hannah Selinger, “Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes?”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      There is, it turns out, much demand for these old VHS tapes, price tags notwithstanding, and despite post-2006 advancements in technology.

Coordinate terms[edit]

tape formats

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

VHS f (invariable)

  1. VHS

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌfaʊ̯haˈɛs/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

VHS f (genitive VHS, plural VHS or (rare) VHSen)

  1. Initialism of Volkshochschule.

Noun[edit]

VHS f

  1. VHS

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

VHS (plural VHS-ek)

  1. VHS

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative VHS VHS-ek
accusative VHS-t VHS-eket
dative VHS-nek VHS-eknek
instrumental VHS-sel VHS-ekkel
causal-final VHS-ért VHS-ekért
translative VHS-sé VHS-ekké
terminative VHS-ig VHS-ekig
essive-formal VHS-ként VHS-ekként
essive-modal
inessive VHS-ben VHS-ekben
superessive VHS-en VHS-eken
adessive VHS-nél VHS-eknél
illative VHS-be VHS-ekbe
sublative VHS-re VHS-ekre
allative VHS-hez VHS-ekhez
elative VHS-ből VHS-ekből
delative VHS-ről VHS-ekről
ablative VHS-től VHS-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
VHS-é VHS-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
VHS-éi VHS-ekéi
Possessive forms of VHS
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. VHS-em VHS-eim
2nd person sing. VHS-ed VHS-eid
3rd person sing. VHS-e VHS-ei
1st person plural VHS-ünk VHS-eink
2nd person plural VHS-etek VHS-eitek
3rd person plural VHS-ük VHS-eik

Derived terms[edit]

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

VHS m or f

  1. VHS

Usage notes[edit]

  • used both as a masculine and a feminine noun, but always invariable

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English VHS.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /faw.xaˈɛs/
  • Rhymes: -aɛs
  • Syllabification: V‧H‧S

Noun[edit]

VHS m inan

  1. VHS

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • VHS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • VHS in Polish dictionaries at PWN