VHS

English

A VHS cassette.

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Further reading

• VHS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• HSV, HVS

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French

Noun

VHS f (invariable)

1. VHS

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German

Initialism

VHS

1. Initialism of Volkshochschule.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveːɦaːɛʃ]

Noun

VHS (plural VHS-ek)

1. VHS

Declension

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

• VHS-es

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Italian

Noun

VHS m or f

1. VHS

Usage notes

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