"video call" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: video calls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} video call (plural video calls)
  1. A kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery. Categories (topical): Telecommunications Synonyms: vidcall [science-fiction, literature, publishing, media], vidchat, videocall Translations (kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery): videotrucada [feminine] (Catalan), 視頻通話 (Chinese Mandarin), 视频通话 (shìpín tōnghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 視頻電話 (Chinese Mandarin), 视频电话 (shìpín diànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), videohovor [masculine] (Czech), videosamtale [common-gender] (Danish), videomøde [neuter] (Danish), videogesprek [neuter] (Dutch), videopuhelu (Finnish), appel vidéo [masculine] (French), ვიდეოზარი (videozari) (Georgian), ვიდეო ზარი (english: video zari) (Georgian), Videoanruf [masculine] (German), físghlaoch [masculine] (Irish), videochiamata [feminine] (Italian), ビデオコール (bideokōru) (Japanese), 영상통화 (yeongsangtonghwa) (Korean), 화상통화 (hwasangtonghwa) (Korean), rozmowa wideo (Polish), wideorozmowa (Polish), videochamada [feminine] (Portuguese), видеозвонок (videozvonok) [masculine] (Russian), videollamada (Spanish), videosamtal [neuter] (Swedish), görüntülü arama (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-video_call-en-noun-qvdz20hY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "videochiamata"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
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      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "word": "영상통화"
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      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "word": "화상통화"
    },
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      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "word": "rozmowa wideo"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "word": "wideorozmowa"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "видеозвонок"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "word": "videollamada"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "videosamtal"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "kind of telephone call accompanied by video imagery",
      "word": "görüntülü arama"
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