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video

See also Video, vidéo, and video-

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin videō (“I see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

video (plural videos or rarely, for humorously pedantic effect, videmus)

  1. Television, television show, movie.
  2. Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
  3. (dated) VHS.

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Verb

video (third-person singular simple present videoes, present participle videoing, simple past and past participle videoed)

  1. To record using video equipment

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Dutch

Etymology

From English video.

Pronunciation

Noun

video m. (plural video's, diminutive videootje)

  1. A video tape.
  2. A movie which is on a video tape.
    Laten we een video kijken!
    “Let’s watch a movie (on VHS)!”
  3. A video recorder.

Derived terms

Esperanto

Noun

video (plural videoj, accusative singular videon, accusative plural videojn)

  1. video

Ido

Noun

video (plural videi)

  1. video

Italian

Noun

video m. inv.

  1. video (all senses)
  2. display (screen)
  3. monitor (TV)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”). Cognates include Ancient Greek εἴδω (eidō), Mycenaean Greek wi-de (in Linear B), Sanskrit वेत्ति (vétti), Russian видеть (videt’), Old English witan (English wit), German wissen. Compare vitrum (“glass”).

Pronunciation

Verb

present active videō, present infinitive vidēre, perfect active vīdī, supine vīsum.

  1. I see, perceive; look (at).
    Videsne quis venit?
    Do you see who is coming?
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
      Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.
      You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.
  2. I observe, note.
  3. I understand, perceive, comprehend.
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
      O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?
      Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!
  4. I look (at), consider, reflect (upon).
  5. I look out for, see to, care for, provide, make sure.
  6. (passive) I am regarded, seem, appear.
  7. (passive, used impersonally) I seem proper or right.

Inflection

Second Conjugation
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present videō vidēs videt vidēmus vidētis vident
future vidēbō vidēbis vidēbit vidēbimus vidēbitis vidēbunt
imperfect vidēbam vidēbās vidēbat vidēbāmus vidēbātis vidēbant
perfect vīdī vīdistī vīdit vīdimus vīdistis vīdērunt
future perfect vīderō vīderis vīderit vīderimus vīderitis vīderint
pluperfect vīderam vīderās vīderat vīderāmus vīderātis vīderant
passive present videor vidēris vidētur vidēmur vidēminī videntur
future vidēbor vidēberis vidēbitur vidēbimur vidēbiminī vidēbuntur
imperfect vidēbar vidēbāris vidēbātur vidēbāmur vidēbāminī vidēbantur
perfect Use vīsus m., vīsa f., vīsum n. followed by the present indicative of sum.
future perfect Use vīsus m., vīsa f., vīsum n. followed by the future indicative of sum.
pluperfect Use vīsus m., vīsa f., vīsum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present videam videās videat videāmus videātis videant
imperfect vidērem vidērēs vidēret vidērēmus vidērētis vidērent
perfect vīderim vīderīs vīderit vīderīmus vīderītis vīderint
pluperfect vīdissem vīdissēs vīdisset vīdissēmus vīdissētis vīdissent
passive present videar videāris videātur videāmur videāminī videantur
imperfect vidērer vidērēris vidērētur vidērēmur vidērēminī vidērentur
perfect Use vīsus m., vīsa f., vīsum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
pluperfect Use vīsus m., vīsa f., vīsum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular vidē vidētō vidētō vidēre vidētor vidētor
plural vidēte vidētōte videntō vidēminī — videntor
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vidēre vīdisse vīsūrus esse vidērī vīsus esse vīsum īrī
participles vidēns (videntis) — vīsūrus-ra, -rum — vīsus-a, -um videndus-nda, -ndum

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Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English video.

Noun

video m. (Cyrillic spelling видео)

  1. video (video tape)
  2. video (motion picture)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Noun

video m. (plural videos)

  1. (Latin America) videotape.
  2. (Latin America) movie that is stored on VHS tape or DVD.
  3. (Latin America) video store.

Swedish

Noun

video c.

  1. video
  2. video player

Declension

Declension of video
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative video videon videor videorna
genitive videos videons videors videornas

 

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