videotape

See also: video-tape

English

Etymology

From video +‎ tape, a trademark of media company Ampex.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

videotape (countable and uncountable, plural videotapes)

1. A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

Derived terms

• file videotape

Translations

tape used to record videos

• Arabic: شَرِيط فِيدْيُو m (šarīṭ fīdyū)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܘܼܠܚܸܙܘܵܐ m (zulḥizwā)

• Belarusian: відэаплёнка f (videapljónka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錄像帶 / 录像带 (zh) (lùxiàngdài), 錄影帶 / 录影带 (zh) (lùyǐngdài)

• Czech: videokazeta (cs) f
• Danish: videobånd n
• Dutch: videoband (nl) m
• Esperanto: vidbendo
• Finnish: videonauha (fi)
• French: bande vidéo (fr) f, vidéocassette (fr) f
• Georgian: ვიდეოფირი (videopiri), ვიდეოლენტი (videolenṭi)
• German: Videoband n
• Greek: βιντεοκασέτα (el) f (vinteokaséta)
• Hungarian: videószalag (hu), videókazetta
• Icelandic: myndband n
• Irish: fístéip f, téip físe f
• Italian: videotape (it) m, videonastro (it) m
• Japanese: ビデオテープ (ja) (bideotēpu)
• Kazakh: бейнетаспа (beinetaspa)
• Korean: 비디오테이프 (ko) (bidioteipeu)
• Kyrgyz: видео тасма (video tasma)
• Latin: taenia magnetoscopica f
• Māori: rīpene ataata, rīpene whakaata
• Marathi: व्हिडियो टेप f (vhiḍiyo ṭep)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: videobånd n

• Persian: نوار ویدیو (fa) (navâr-e vidiyo)
• Polish: taśma (pl) f, kaseta wideo (pl) f
• Portuguese: video-tape m, videotape (pt) m, videoteipe (pt) m, fita de vídeo f
• Romanian: casetă video (ro) f
• Russian: видеоплёнка (ru) f (videopljónka), видеоле́нта (ru) f (videolénta)
• Spanish: video (es) m, cinta de video f
• Swahili: kideo
• Tajik: видеонавор (tg) (videonavor)
• Turkish: videoteyp (tr), video (tr)
• Ukrainian: видеоплі́вка f (vydeoplívka), відеоле́нта f (videolénta)
• Uzbek: video tasma
• Vietnamese: băng hình (vi) (繃形), băng vi-đê-ô
• Walloon: cassete videyo (wa) f

Verb

videotape (third-person singular simple present videotapes, present participle videotaping, simple past and past participle videotaped)

1. to make a recording of something on videotape
2. (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

Translations

to make a recording on videotape

• Danish: bånde
• Finnish: videoida (fi)
• Georgian: ვიდეოჩანაწერს აკეთებს (videočanac̣ers aḳetebs)
• Greek: βιντεογραφώ (el) (vinteografó)
• Hungarian: felvesz videóra, videóra vesz, levideóz
• Italian: videoregistrare
• Japanese: 録画する (ja) (rokuga suru)
• Mongolian: видео бичлэг (video bičleg)
• Polish: nagrywać na kasecie wideo
• Portuguese: gravar em vídeo, videogravar
• Romanian: înregistra video, înregistra pe bandă video
• Spanish: grabar en video, videograbar (es)
• Swedish: spela in (på video) (sv), banda (sv)
• Vietnamese: ghi hình

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English videotape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.oˈtɛjp/, /ˌvi.de.oˈtejp/
• Rhymes: -ɛjp, -ejp

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

videotape m (invariable)

1. videotape

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.oˈtej.pi/ [ˌvi.de.oˈteɪ̯.pi], /ˌvi.d͡ʒi.oˈtej.pi/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒɪ.oˈteɪ̯.pi], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.d͡ʒjoˈtej.pi/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒjoˈteɪ̯.pi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.oˈtej.pi/ [ˌvi.de.oˈteɪ̯.pi], /ˌvi.d͡ʒi.oˈtej.pi/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒɪ.oˈteɪ̯.pi], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.d͡ʒjoˈtej.pi/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒjoˈteɪ̯.pi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.oˈtej.pe/ [ˌvi.de.oˈteɪ̯.pe]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔˈtɐj.pɨ/ [ˌvi.ðjɔˈtɐj.pɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔˈtɐj.pɨ/ [ˌvi.ðjɔˈtɐj.pɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.djɔˈtej.pɨ/ [ˌbi.ðjɔˈtej.pɨ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔˈtej.pɨ/ [ˌvi.ðjɔˈtej.pɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔˈte.pɨ/ [ˌvi.ðjɔˈte.pɨ]

Noun

videotape m (plural videotapes)

1. (Brazil) alternative spelling of video-tape

Further reading

• “videotape”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026