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^[1], →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

• DTR
• VCR
• VTR

 

tape formats

• CC
• DAT
• DCC
• DV8
• MicroMV
• MiniDV
• Video8

 

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

videotape developed by JVC

• French: VHS (fr) f
• German: VHS (de) f
• Italian: VHS (it) m or f
• Spanish: VHS m

Anagrams

• HSV, HVS

French

Noun

VHS f (invariable)

1. VHS

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfaʊ̯haˈɛs/

• Audio:

  (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: -ɛs
• Syllabification: V‧H‧S

Noun

VHS m inan

1. VHS

Declension

Declension of VHS

	singular	plural
nominative	VHS	VHS-y
genitive	VHS-u	VHS-ów
dative	VHS-owi	VHS-om
accusative	VHS	VHS-y
instrumental	VHS-em	VHS-ami
locative	VHS-ie	VHS-ach
vocative	VHS-ie	VHS-y

Further reading

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