How to pronounce footage
American English pronunciation
FOOT-ij
- IPA
- /ˈfʊtɪdʒ/
- Syllables
- FOOT · ij (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What footage means
Film or video that a camera has recorded
In a sentence: The news showed footage of a whale leaping out of the sea.
Where it comes from: Movie film used to be measured in feet, so a stretch of it was called footage. The name stuck, even for videos that are saved on computers.
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