Phrase guide

audio description

noun · 2 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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of a narrator describing what is happening in the film being shown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: AD, video description

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of making such tracks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: audiodescriptie — Translations
  • Finnish: kuvailutulkkaus — Translations
  • French: vidéodescription — Translations
  • French: audiodescription — Translations
  • German: Audiodeskription — Translations
  • Italian: audiodescrizione — Translations
  • Japanese: 副音声 (fukuonsei) — Translations
  • Polish: audiodeskrypcja — Translations
  • Portuguese: audiodescrição — Translations
  • Spanish: audiodescripción — Translations
  • Swedish: syntolkning — Translations
  • Turkish: sesli betimleme — Translations