VHS

Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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.

• HSV, HVS

VHS f (invariable)

1. VHS

• IPA^(key): /ˌfaʊ̯haˈɛs/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

1. initialism of Volkshochschule

VHS f

1. VHS

• IPA^(key): [ˈveːɦaːɛʃ]

VHS (plural VHS-ek)

1. VHS

• VHS-es

VHS m or f

1. VHS

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

Borrowed from English VHS.

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

VHS m inan

1. VHS

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