Standard Lemma guide

audible

adj · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/ of Canada; without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, dialectal: [ˈɔ.ɾɪ.bəl] of Canada; without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /ˈɑ.dɪ.bəl/ of Canada
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: [ˈɑ.ɾɪ.bəl] of Canada
  • Canada, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /ˈɒ.dɪ.bəl/ of the US
  • Canada, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: [ˈɒ.ɾɪ.bəl] of the US
  • Australian: /ˈoː.dɪ.bəl/
  • Australian: [ˈoː.ɾɪ.bəl]
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 D AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be heard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hearable, sounded, vocal

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • The audible changed the play to a run.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

heard or perceptible by the ear

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he spoke in an audible whisper

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hearable

Antonyms: inaudible

5

noun

Meaning 5

a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: football play

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مسموع — able to be heard
  • Asturian: oyible — able to be heard
  • Bulgarian: чуваем (čuvaem) — able to be heard
  • Bulgarian: доловим (dolovim) — able to be heard
  • Catalan: oïble — able to be heard
  • Catalan: audible — able to be heard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聽得見的 /听得见的 (tīng dé jiàn de) — able to be heard
  • Czech: slyšitelný — able to be heard
  • Danish: hørbar — able to be heard
  • Danish: hørlig — able to be heard
  • Dutch: hoorbaar — able to be heard
  • Esperanto: aŭdebla — able to be heard
  • Finnish: kuuluva — able to be heard
  • French: audible — able to be heard
  • Galician: audíbel — able to be heard
  • German: hörbar — able to be heard
  • Greek: ακουστός (akoustós) — able to be heard
  • Hungarian: hallható — able to be heard
  • Irish: inchloiste — able to be heard
  • Irish: inchluinte — able to be heard
  • Italian: udibile — able to be heard
  • Japanese: 可聴な (kachō na) — able to be heard
  • Japanese: 耳に聞こえる (mimi ni kikoeru) — able to be heard
  • Japanese: 音がする (oto ga suru) — able to be heard
  • Latin: audibilis — able to be heard
  • Macedonian: чуен (čuen) — able to be heard
  • Manx: so-chlashtyn — able to be heard
  • Manx: clashtynagh — able to be heard
  • Manx: cluinagh — able to be heard
  • Marathi: श्राव्य (śrāvya) — able to be heard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hørbar — able to be heard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hørlig — able to be heard
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: høyrleg — able to be heard
  • Old English: ġehīerendlīċ — able to be heard
  • Polish: słyszalny — able to be heard
  • Portuguese: audível — able to be heard
  • Romanian: auzibil — able to be heard
  • Russian: слы́шный (slýšnyj) — able to be heard
  • Russian: слы́шимый (slýšimyj) — able to be heard
  • Scottish Gaelic: so-chlaistinneach — able to be heard
  • Scottish Gaelic: cluinntineach — able to be heard
  • Scottish Gaelic: so-chluinntinn — able to be heard
  • Scottish Gaelic: so-chloiste — able to be heard
  • Scottish Gaelic: osgarra — able to be heard
  • Scottish Gaelic: labhar — able to be heard
  • Serbo-Croatian: čujan — able to be heard
  • Spanish: oíble — able to be heard
  • Spanish: audible — able to be heard
  • Swedish: hörbar — able to be heard
  • Turkish: işitilir — able to be heard
  • Turkish: işitilebilir — able to be heard
  • Turkish: duyulur — able to be heard
  • Turkish: duyulabilir — able to be heard
  • Ukrainian: чу́тний (čútnyj) — able to be heard
  • Welsh: clywadwy — able to be heard
  • Welsh: clywedog — able to be heard
  • Welsh: hyglyw — able to be heard
  • Welsh: trylais — able to be heard
Real reading context

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