Phrase guide

live stream

noun · verb · 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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  • /ˈlaɪv ˈstɹiːm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A real-time broadcast of audio or video over the Internet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • The concert was transmitted via satellite and live stream.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Internet feed, live feed, stream

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Alternative form of livestream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَثّ مُبَاشِر (baṯṯ mubāšir) — Internet broadcast
  • Belarusian: стрым (strym) — Internet broadcast
  • Bulgarian: стрийм (strijm) — Internet broadcast
  • Chinese Cantonese: 直播 (zik6 bo3) — Internet broadcast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 直播 (zhíbō) — Internet broadcast
  • Esperanto: tujelsendo — Internet broadcast
  • Finnish: suoralähetys — Internet broadcast
  • Finnish: verkkolähetys — Internet broadcast
  • Finnish: striimi — Internet broadcast
  • Finnish: livestriimi — Internet broadcast
  • Finnish: suoranauhoitus — Internet broadcast
  • French: diffusion en direct — Internet broadcast
  • French: livestream m stream — Internet broadcast
  • French: live — Internet broadcast
  • German: Livestream — Internet broadcast
  • Greek: ζωντανή ροοθήκευση (zontaní roothíkefsi) — Internet broadcast
  • Greek: απευθείας μετάδοση (apeftheías metádosi) — Internet broadcast
  • Hungarian: élő közvetítés — Internet broadcast
  • Japanese: ライブストリーム (raibu sutorīmu) — Internet broadcast
  • Japanese: ストリーム (sutorīmu) — Internet broadcast
  • Japanese: ライブ (raibu) — Internet broadcast
  • Japanese: 生配信 (nama haishin) — Internet broadcast
  • Korean: 라이브 스트리밍 (raibeu seuteuriming) — Internet broadcast
  • Korean: 스트리밍 (seuteuriming) — Internet broadcast
  • Korean: 라이브 (raibeu) — Internet broadcast
  • Iranian Persian: پَخْشِ زِنْدِه (paxš-e zende) — Internet broadcast
  • Iranian Persian: لایْو (lâyv) — Internet broadcast
  • Portuguese: direto — Internet broadcast
  • Portuguese: livestream — Internet broadcast
  • Portuguese: stream — Internet broadcast
  • Portuguese: live — Internet broadcast
  • Russian: стрим (strim) — Internet broadcast
  • Russian: пряма́я трансля́ция (prjamája transljácija) — Internet broadcast
  • Spanish: directo — Internet broadcast
  • Spanish: emisión en directo — Internet broadcast
  • Spanish: transmisión en vivo — Internet broadcast
  • Swedish: streaming — Internet broadcast
  • Ukrainian: стрим (strym) — Internet broadcast