adj
Meaning 1
Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
audio
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
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdi.əʊ/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈoːdɪjəw/
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US: /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ without the cot–caught merger
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US: [ˈɔ.ɾi.oʊ] without the cot–caught merger
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US, cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑ.di.oʊ/
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US, cot-caught-merger: [ˈɑ.ɾi.oʊ]
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Canada: /ˈɒ.di.oʊ/
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Canada: [ˈɒ.ɾi.oʊ]
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Australian: /ˈoːdi.əʉ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈoːdi.ɐʉ/
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Scotland: /ˈɔ.de.o/
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Scotland: /ˈɔ.dɪ.o/
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Scotland: /ˈɔ.di.o/
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 D IY0 OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Sound, or a sound signal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Examples
- I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the sound elements of television
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: component, constituent, element
noun
Meaning 5
a recording of acoustic signals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sound recording, audio recording
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recording
Narrower terms: audiotape, phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter, soundtrack, talking book
noun
Meaning 6
an audible acoustic wave frequency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: audio frequency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: frequency, frequence, oftenness
noun
Meaning 7
the audible part of a transmitted signal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they always raise the audio for commercials
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: auditory communication
History
Etymology
Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سَمْعِيّ (samʕiyy) — focused on audible sound
- Arabic: أُودْيُو (ʔūdyū) — focused on audible sound
- Catalan: àudio — focused on audible sound
- Chinese Mandarin: 音頻 /音频 (yīnpín) — focused on audible sound
- Chinese Mandarin: 伴音 (bànyīn) — focused on audible sound
- Estonian: heli- — focused on audible sound
- Estonian: kuuldav — focused on audible sound
- Finnish: ääni- — focused on audible sound
- Finnish: audio- — focused on audible sound
- French: audio — focused on audible sound
- German: Audio- — focused on audible sound
- Greek: ήχου (íchou) — focused on audible sound
- Greek: ηχητικός (ichitikós) — focused on audible sound
- Greek: ακουστικός (akoustikós) — focused on audible sound
- Haitian Creole: odyo — focused on audible sound
- Hebrew: שמע (shamâ) — focused on audible sound
- Hungarian: hang- — focused on audible sound
- Indonesian: audio — focused on audible sound
- Irish: fuaim — focused on audible sound
- Japanese: オーディオ (ōdio) — focused on audible sound
- Korean: 오디오 (odio) — focused on audible sound
- Kyrgyz: угум (ugum) — focused on audible sound
- Maltese: awdjo — focused on audible sound
- Māori: ororongo — focused on audible sound
- Persian: شنیداری (šenidâri) — focused on audible sound
- Polish: audio (postpostive) — focused on audible sound
- Portuguese: auditivo — focused on audible sound
- Romanian: audio — focused on audible sound
- Russian: а́удио- (áudio-) — focused on audible sound
- Russian: звуково́й (zvukovój) — focused on audible sound
- Serbo-Croatian: zvučni — focused on audible sound
- Serbo-Croatian: audio — focused on audible sound
- Spanish: de sonido — focused on audible sound
- Spanish: de audio — focused on audible sound
- Turkish: ses — focused on audible sound
- Ukrainian: а́вдіо (ávdio) — focused on audible sound
- Ukrainian: а́удіо (áudio) — focused on audible sound
- Ukrainian: звукови́й (zvukovýj) — focused on audible sound
- Vietnamese: âm thanh — focused on audible sound
- Vietnamese: âm tần — focused on audible sound
- Welsh: sain — focused on audible sound
- Catalan: àudio — a sound or a sound signal
- Esperanto: aŭdio — a sound or a sound signal
- Esperanto: sono — a sound or a sound signal
- Finnish: ääni — a sound or a sound signal
- Finnish: audio — a sound or a sound signal
- Galician: audio — a sound or a sound signal
- Greek: ήχος (íchos) — a sound or a sound signal
- Hindi: श्रव्य (śravya) — a sound or a sound signal
- Hungarian: hanganyag — a sound or a sound signal
- Icelandic: hljóð — a sound or a sound signal
- Indonesian: audio — a sound or a sound signal
- Japanese: オーディオ (ōdio) — a sound or a sound signal
- Korean: 오디오 (odio) — a sound or a sound signal
- Kyrgyz: угум (ugum) — a sound or a sound signal
- Norman: audgo — a sound or a sound signal
- Portuguese: áudio — a sound or a sound signal
- Spanish: audio — a sound or a sound signal
- Tagalog: awdiyo — a sound or a sound signal
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