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Added 9 October 2026

video

/ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/ noun

In Latin: magnetoscopium Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about video at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.
Early TV used film to record video.
A recording or medium of visual content, especially audiovisual content for playback; a motion picture, movie, film.
We edited a video montage of Robbie's first birthday.
Television content or media.

verb

To record using a video camera, to videotape.
To record a television program.
To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

Origin

From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

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