video conference

See also: videoconference, video-conference, and vidéoconférence

English

Alternative forms

• videoconference, video-conference

Etymology

From video + conference.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪdiəʊ ˌkɒnfəɹəns/, /- ˌkɒnfɹəns/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

video conference (plural video conferences)

1. (telecommunications) A conference held by videolink; an arranged video phone call between more than two parties.

   Synonym: videoteleconference

   The four of us should hold a video conference next week.

Translations

conference held by video link

• Belarusian: відэаканферэ́нцыя f (videakanfjeréncyja)
• Bulgarian: видеоконфере́нция f (videokonferéncija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視頻會議 / 视频会议 (zh) (shìpín huìyì), 視訊會議 / 视讯会议 (shìxùn huìyì) (Taiwan), 可視會議 / 可视会议 (kěshì huìyì)

• Czech: videokonference f
• Finnish: videoneuvottelu (fi)
• French: visioconférence (fr) f
• Galician: videoconferencia f
• Georgian: ვიდეოკონფერენცია (videoḳonperencia)
• German: Videokonferenz (de) f
• Greek: βιντεοδιάσκεψη f (vinteodiáskepsi)
• Hungarian: videokonferencia (hu)
• Irish: físchomhdháil f
• Italian: videoconferenza (it) f
• Japanese: ビデオ会議 (ja) (ビデオかいぎ, bideo kaigi)
• Korean: 화상 회의(畫像會議) (hwasang hoe'ui), 영상 회의(暎像會議) (yeongsang hoe'ui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: vîdeokonferans (ku)

• Polish: wideokonferencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: videoconferência (pt) f
• Romanian: videoconferință f
• Russian: видеоконфере́нция (ru) f (videokonferéncija)
• Slovak: videokonferencia f
• Spanish: videoconferencia f
• Swedish: videokonferens c
• Ukrainian: відеоконфере́нція f (videokonferéncija)

Verb

video conference (third-person singular simple present video conferences, present participle video conferencing, simple past and past participle video conferenced)

1. (intransitive, telecommunications) To hold or take part in a video conference.

   I video conferenced with the client this morning.

2. (transitive, telecommunications) To broadcast by means of a video conference.

   The academic meeting will be video conferenced.

Translations

take part in a video conference

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視頻會議 / 视频会议 (zh) (shìpín huìyì), 視訊會議 / 视讯会议 (shìxùn huìyì), 可視會議 / 可视会议 (kěshì huìyì)

• Finnish: osallistua videoneuvotteluun
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Tamil: காணொளிக் கலந்துரையாடல் (kāṇoḷik kalanturaiyāṭal)

See also

• telephone conference, teleconference