VHS
English
A VHS cassette.
Etymology
Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System.
Noun
VHS (countable and uncountable, plural VHSes)
- 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 0362-4331:
- There is, it turns out, much demand for these old VHS tapes, price tags notwithstanding, and despite post-2006 advancements in technology.
Further reading
VHS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- HSV, HVS
French
Noun
VHS f (invariable)
- VHS
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfaʊ̯haˈɛs/
Audio (file)
Noun
VHS f (genitive VHS, plural VHS or (rare) VHSen)
- Initialism of Volkshochschule.
Noun
VHS f
- VHS
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈveːɦaːɛʃ]
Noun
VHS (plural VHS-ek)
- 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
- 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
- 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