flashback

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.

• /ˈflæʃ.bæk/
  Play
• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: F L AE1 SH B AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

From flash + back.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: salt enrere — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Catalan: analepsi — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Chinese Mandarin: 倒敘 /倒叙 (dàoxù) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Danish: tilbageblik — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Danish: flashback — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Finnish: takauma — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• French: retour en arrière — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• French: analepse — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• French: flashback — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• German: Rückblende — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• German: Rückblick — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• German: Flashback — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Greek: αναδρομή (anadromí) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Indonesian: kilas balik — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Indonesian: sorot balik — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Japanese: フラッシュバック (furasshubakku) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Japanese: 回想シーン (kaisō shīn) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Korean: 플래시백 (peullaesibaek) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Malay: imbas kembali — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilbakeblikk — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilbakeblikk — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Portuguese: flashback — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Russian: флэшбэ́к (flɛšbɛ́k) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Russian: ретроспекти́ва (retrospektíva) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Russian: обра́тный кадр (obrátnyj kadr) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Russian: ретроспе́кция (retrospékcija) — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Spanish: flashback — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Spanish: escena retrospectiva — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Swedish: återblick — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Swedish: tillbakablick — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Swedish: flashback — a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
• Catalan: flaixbac — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• Chinese Mandarin: 幻覺重現 /幻觉重现 (huànjué chóngxiàn) — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• Danish: flashback — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• Finnish: muistikuva — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• German: Flashback — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• Icelandic: endurupplifun — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• Persian: فلاشبک (flâšbak) — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• Russian: воспомина́ние (vospominánije) — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• Russian: взгляд в про́шлое (vzgljad v próšloje) — a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
• Danish: flashback — a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug
• German: Flashback — a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug