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audiobook

noun · 1 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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdi.əʊbʊk/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈoːdɪjəwbɵk/
  • US: /ˈɔdi.oʊbʊk/ without the cot–caught merger
  • US, cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑdi.oʊbʊk/
  • US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ˈɒdi.oʊbʊk/
  • Australian: /ˈoːdi.əʉbʊk/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈoːdi.ɐʉbʊk/
  • Scotland: /ˈɔde.obʉk/

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noun

Meaning 1

A recording, usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: talking book

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ewisder. Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *awizdiō Latin audi(ō) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English audio- English book English audiobook From audio- + book.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كِتَاب مَسْمُوع (kitāb masmūʕ) — audiobook
  • Arabic: كِتَاب سَمْعِيّ (kitāb samʕiyy) — audiobook
  • Armenian: աուդիոգիրք (audiogirkʻ) — audiobook
  • Belarusian: аўдыёкні́га (awdyjokníha) — audiobook
  • Breton: levr klevet — audiobook
  • Bulgarian: аудиокни́га (audiokníga) — audiobook
  • Bulgarian: кни́га за слу́шане (kníga za slúšane) — audiobook
  • Bulgarian: гово́реща кни́га (govórešta kníga) — audiobook
  • Catalan: audiollibre — audiobook
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有聲讀物 /有声读物 (yǒushēng dúwù) — audiobook
  • Chinese Mandarin: 音像圖書 /音像图书 (yīnxiàng túshū) — audiobook
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有聲書 /有声书 (yǒushēngshū) — audiobook
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有聲書籍 /有声书籍 (yǒushēng shūjí) — audiobook
  • Czech: audiokniha — audiobook
  • Danish: lydbog — audiobook
  • Dutch: luisterboek — audiobook
  • Esperanto: sonlibro — audiobook
  • Estonian: audioraamat — audiobook
  • Faroese: ljóðbók — audiobook
  • Finnish: äänikirja — audiobook
  • French: livre audio — audiobook
  • French: livre sonore — audiobook
  • Georgian: აუდიოწიგნი (audioc̣igni) — audiobook
  • Georgian: ხმოვანი წიგნი (xmovani c̣igni) — audiobook
  • German: Hörbuch — audiobook
  • German: Audiobuch — audiobook
  • German: Audiobook — audiobook
  • Greek: ηχητικό βιβλίο (ichitikó vivlío) — audiobook
  • Hebrew: ספר מוקלט — audiobook
  • Hindi: श्रव्यपुस्तक (śravyapustak) — audiobook
  • Hungarian: hangoskönyv — audiobook
  • Icelandic: hljóðbók — audiobook
  • Indonesian: buku audio — audiobook
  • Irish: closleabhar — audiobook
  • Italian: audiolibro — audiobook
  • Japanese: オーディオブック (ōdiobukku) — audiobook
  • Korean: 오디오북 (odiobuk) — audiobook
  • Latvian: klausāmgrāmata — audiobook
  • Latvian: audiogrāmata — audiobook
  • Lithuanian: audioknyga — audiobook
  • Low German: Hörbook — audiobook
  • Low German: Höörbook — audiobook
  • Macedonian: аудио книга — audiobook
  • Malay: buku audio — audiobook
  • Mongolian: сонсдог ном (sonsdog nom) — audiobook
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lydbok — audiobook
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lydbok — audiobook
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljodbok — audiobook
  • Occitan: audiolibre — audiobook
  • Persian: کتاب گویا (ketâb-e guyâ) — audiobook
  • Persian: کتاب صوتی (ketâb-e sowti) — audiobook
  • Polish: książka mówiona — audiobook
  • Polish: audiobook — audiobook
  • Portuguese: audiolivro — audiobook
  • Portuguese: livro falado — audiobook
  • Romanian: carte vorbită — audiobook
  • Romanian: carte audio — audiobook
  • Russian: аудиокни́га (audiokníga) — audiobook
  • Russian: аудио-кни́га (audio-kníga) — audiobook
  • Russian: аудиобу́к (audiobúk) — audiobook
  • Sanskrit: श्रव्यपुस्तक (śravyapustaka) — audiobook
  • Serbo-Croatian: аудиокњига — audiobook
  • Serbo-Croatian: звучна књига — audiobook
  • Serbo-Croatian: audioknjiga — audiobook
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvučna knjiga — audiobook
  • Slovak: zvuková kniha — audiobook
  • Slovak: audiokniha — audiobook
  • Slovak: hovoriaca kniha — audiobook
  • Slovene: zvočna knjiga — audiobook
  • Spanish: audiolibro — audiobook
  • Swedish: ljudbok — audiobook
  • Swedish: talbok — audiobook
  • Tajik: китоби аудио — audiobook
  • Tamil: ஒலிநூல் (olinūl) — audiobook
  • Thai: หนังสือเสียง (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-sǐiang) — audiobook
  • Turkish: sesli kitap — audiobook
  • Ukrainian: аудіокни́га (audioknýha) — audiobook
  • Ukrainian: звукова́ кни́га (zvuková knýha) — audiobook
  • Vietnamese: sách nghe — audiobook
  • Vietnamese: sách nói — audiobook
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