Standard Lemma guide

inaudible

adj · 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

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N AO1 D AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Dogs can hear this whistle, but for people it is inaudible.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quiet, silent, soundless, voiceless

Antonyms: audible, loud, vocal

2

adjective

Meaning 2

impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an inaudible conversation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unhearable

Antonyms: audible

History

Etymology

From in- + audible.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: onhoorbaar — unable to be heard
  • Armenian: անլսելի (anlseli) — unable to be heard
  • Armenian: չլսվող (čʻlsvoġ) — unable to be heard
  • Armenian: անձայն (anjayn) — unable to be heard
  • Belarusian: нячу́тны (njačútny) — unable to be heard
  • Bulgarian: недоловим (nedolovim) — unable to be heard
  • Catalan: inoïble — unable to be heard
  • Catalan: inaudible — unable to be heard
  • Dutch: onhoorbaar — unable to be heard
  • Esperanto: neaŭdebla — unable to be heard
  • Finnish: kuulumaton — unable to be heard
  • French: inaudible — unable to be heard
  • Galician: inaudible — unable to be heard
  • Galician: inaudíbel — unable to be heard
  • German: unhörbar — unable to be heard
  • German: nicht zu hören — unable to be heard
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνήκουστος (anḗkoustos) — unable to be heard
  • Hungarian: nem/rosszul/alig hallható/érthető/kivehető — unable to be heard
  • Hungarian: kivehetetlen — unable to be heard
  • Hungarian: érthetetlen — unable to be heard
  • Hungarian: hallhatatlan — unable to be heard
  • Irish: dochloiste — unable to be heard
  • Irish: dochluinte — unable to be heard
  • Japanese: 静かな (shizuka na) — unable to be heard
  • Japanese: 聞こえない (kikoenai) — unable to be heard
  • Latin: inaudibilis — unable to be heard
  • Macedonian: нечуен (nečuen) — unable to be heard
  • Manx: neuchlastynagh — unable to be heard
  • Manx: neuchluinagh — unable to be heard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uhørlig — unable to be heard
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uhøyrleg — unable to be heard
  • Polish: niesłyszalny — unable to be heard
  • Portuguese: inaudível — unable to be heard
  • Romanian: neauzibil — unable to be heard
  • Romanian: inauzibil — unable to be heard
  • Russian: неслы́шный (neslýšnyj) — unable to be heard
  • Sikkimese: ཉག་ཀྱང (nyag kyang) — unable to be heard
  • Spanish: inaudible — unable to be heard
  • Swedish: ohörbar — unable to be heard
  • Turkish: duyulamaz — unable to be heard
  • Ukrainian: нечу́тний (nečútnyj) — unable to be heard