Standard Lemma guide

lipreading

noun · verb · 3 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.

  • rhymes with -iːdɪŋ

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of reading lips.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of lipread

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sensing, perception

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 讀脣語 /读唇语 (dú chúnyǔ) — the act of reading lips
  • Dutch: spraakafzien — the act of reading lips
  • Dutch: liplezen — the act of reading lips
  • Finnish: huuliltaluku — the act of reading lips
  • Finnish: huuliltalukeminen — the act of reading lips
  • French: lecture labiale — the act of reading lips
  • German: Lippenlesen — the act of reading lips
  • Greek: διάβασμα των χειλιών (diávasma ton cheilión) — the act of reading lips
  • Greek: χειλεανάγνωση (cheileanágnosi) — the act of reading lips
  • Hungarian: szájról olvasás — the act of reading lips
  • Italian: lettura labiale — the act of reading lips
  • Italian: lettura della voce — the act of reading lips
  • Japanese: 読唇術 (dokushinjutsu) — the act of reading lips
  • Portuguese: leitura labial — the act of reading lips
  • Romanian: labiolectură — the act of reading lips
  • Spanish: lectura de labios — the act of reading lips
  • Swedish: läppavläsning — the act of reading lips
  • Swedish: läppläsning — the act of reading lips
  • Vietnamese: đọc miệng — the act of reading lips