VHS

English

A VHS cassette.

Etymology

Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System.

Noun

VHS (countable and uncountable, plural VHSes)

  1. A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.
    Coordinate terms: Betamax, VCC, Video 2000
    • 2009, Jacques Boyreau, Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box, page 5:
      The curt take on VHS is that it is a dead format, a quaint and sham way to watch a movie. Regardless, to date, there are quantities of VHS titles not available on DVD, and that may never be.
    • 2021 February 20, Hannah Selinger, “Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      There is, it turns out, much demand for these old VHS tapes, price tags notwithstanding, and despite post-2006 advancements in technology.

Coordinate terms

tape formats

Derived terms

  • D-VHS
  • D-VHS-C
  • S-VHS
  • S-VHS-C
  • VHS-C

Anagrams

French

Noun

VHS f (invariable)

  1. VHS

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfaʊ̯haˈɛs/
  • (file)

Noun

VHS f (genitive VHS, plural VHS or (rare) VHSen)

  1. Initialism of Volkshochschule.

Noun

VHS f

  1. VHS

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈveːɦaːɛʃ]

Noun

VHS (plural VHS-ek)

  1. VHS

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative VHS VHS-ek
accusative VHS-t VHS-eket
dative VHS-nek VHS-eknek
instrumental VHS-sel VHS-ekkel
causal-final VHS-ért VHS-ekért
translative VHS-sé VHS-ekké
terminative VHS-ig VHS-ekig
essive-formal VHS-ként VHS-ekként
essive-modal
inessive VHS-ben VHS-ekben
superessive VHS-en VHS-eken
adessive VHS-nél VHS-eknél
illative VHS-be VHS-ekbe
sublative VHS-re VHS-ekre
allative VHS-hez VHS-ekhez
elative VHS-ből VHS-ekből
delative VHS-ről VHS-ekről
ablative VHS-től VHS-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
VHS-é VHS-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
VHS-éi VHS-ekéi
Possessive forms of VHS
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. VHS-em VHS-eim
2nd person sing. VHS-ed VHS-eid
3rd person sing. VHS-e VHS-ei
1st person plural VHS-ünk VHS-eink
2nd person plural VHS-etek VHS-eitek
3rd person plural VHS-ük VHS-eik

Derived terms

  • VHS-es

Italian

Noun

VHS m or f

  1. VHS

Usage notes

  • used both as a masculine and a feminine noun, but always invariable

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English VHS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faw.xaˈɛs/
  • Rhymes: -aɛs
  • Syllabification: V‧H‧S

Noun

VHS m inan

  1. VHS

Declension

Further reading

  • VHS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • VHS in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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