videotape

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See also: video-tape

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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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.

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Verb

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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. (transitive, intransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English videotape.

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Noun

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videotape m (invariable)

  1. videotape

References

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  1. ^ videotape in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ videotape in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (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]
 

Noun

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videotape m (plural videotapes)

  1. (Brazil) Alternative spelling of video-tape