How to say “video” in 32 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- видео[ˈvʲidʲɪo] Russian
- فيديو/fiːd.juː/ Arabic
- 비디오[pidio̞] Korean
- वीडियो/ʋiː.ɖɪ.joː/ Hindi
- βίντεο/ˈvideˌo/ Greek
- וידאו/ˈvideʔo/ Hebrew
“video” in French: vidéo · German: video · Portuguese: vídeo · Korean: 비디오 · Russian: видео · Arabic: فيديو · Hindi: वीडियो · Greek: βίντεο
It is commonest in Bengali, where ভিডিও is the 596th most used word.
Video in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic فيديو/fiːd.juː/ #1,206
- Bengali ভিডিও/bʱiɖi̯o/ #596
- Bosnian kamera/kǎmera/ video camera #1,425
- Bulgarian видео[ˈvidɛo] #1,527
- Catalan vídeo[ˈbi.ðe.o] #1,635
- Croatian kamera/kǎmera/ video camera #1,427
- Czech video[ˈvɪdɛo] #1,517
- Danish video/ˈviːˀˌdjo/ video recorder #1,911
- Dutch video/ˈvi.di.oː/ video, movie #1,391
- Estonian video/ˈvid̥eo̯/ #1,397
- French vidéo/vi.de.o/ #1,196
- German video/ˈviːde̯o/ #1,903
- Greek βίντεο/ˈvideˌo/ #1,013
- Hebrew וידאו/ˈvideʔo/ a video #1,420
- Hindi वीडियो/ʋiː.ɖɪ.joː/ #1,271
- Korean 비디오[pidio̞] #793
- Latvian video/ˈʋideoː/ #1,054
- Lithuanian video #1,153
- Macedonian видео[ˈvidɛɔ] #1,244
- Malayalam വീഡിയോ/ʋiːɖijoː/ #680
- Norwegian videoen/ˈviːdəʊən/ a video #2,481
- Polish kamery/kaˈmɛ.rɘ/ video camera #2,120
- Portuguese vídeo/ˈvi.d͡ʒju/ #1,311
- Romanian video/ˈvideo/ #1,464
- Russian видео[ˈvʲidʲɪo] #1,322
- Serbian kamera/kǎmera/ video camera #1,501
- Slovak video/viɟeɔ/ #702
- Spanish video/biˈdeo/ video rental shop #1,811
- Tagalog video/ˈvideo/ #946
- Turkish kamera/kɑˈmeɾɑ/ video camera #1,287
- Ukrainian відео[ˈʋʲideɔ] #1,629
- Vietnamese video[vi˧˧ zɛw˧˧] #1,708
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.