Standard Lemma guide

loudspeaker

noun · 4 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.

  • UK: /laʊdˈspiːkə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: L AW1 D S P IY2 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electro-acoustic transducer

Narrower terms: bullhorn, loud hailer, loud-hailer, squawk box, squawker, intercom speaker, subwoofer, tannoy, tweeter, woofer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-West Germanic *hlūd Old English hlūd Middle English loude, loud, lud English loud Proto-Indo-European *spregh-? Proto-Indo-European *spreg-? Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Proto-West Germanic *sprekan Old English sprecan Old English specan Middle English speken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English spekere, speker English speaker English loudspeaker From loud + speaker.

Across languages

Translations

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lartëfolës — transducer
  • Albanian: altoparlant — transducer
  • Albanian: zëdhënës — transducer
  • Arabic: مُحَوِّل طَاقَة (muḥawwil ṭāqa) — transducer
  • Arabic: مِجْهَار (mijhār) — transducer
  • Arabic: سَمَاعَة (samāʕa) — transducer
  • Armenian: բարձրախոս (barjraxos) — transducer
  • Azerbaijani: səsucaldan — transducer
  • Belarusian: гучнагавары́цель (hučnahavarýcjelʹ) — transducer
  • Belarusian: спі́кер (spíkjer) — transducer
  • Belarusian: дына́мік (dynámik) — transducer
  • Betawi: sombok — transducer
  • Betawi: salon — transducer
  • Betawi: spèker — transducer
  • Bulgarian: високоговори́тел (visokogovorítel) — transducer
  • Burmese: အသံချဲ့စက် (a.samhkyai.cak) — transducer
  • Burmese: အော်လန် (aulan) — transducer
  • Catalan: altaveu — transducer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擴音器 /扩音器 (kuòyīnqì) — transducer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 揚聲器 /扬声器 (yángshēngqì) — transducer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喇叭 (lǎba) — transducer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擴音機 /扩音机 (kuòyīnjī) — transducer
  • Crimean Tatar: ses yañğıratqıçı — transducer
  • Czech: reproduktor — transducer
  • Danish: højtaler — transducer
  • Danish: højttaler — transducer
  • Dutch: luidspreker — transducer
  • Esperanto: laŭtparolilo — transducer
  • Estonian: valjuhääldi — transducer
  • Faroese: hátalari — transducer
  • Finnish: kaiutin — transducer
  • Finnish: kajari — transducer
  • Finnish: kovaääninen — transducer
  • Finnish: ämyri — transducer
  • French: haut-parleur — transducer
  • Galician: altofalante — transducer
  • Georgian: ხმამაღლამოლაპარაკე (xmamaɣlamolaṗaraḳe) — transducer
  • German: Lautsprecher — transducer
  • Greek: μεγάφωνο (megáfono) — transducer
  • Hebrew: רַמְקוֹל (ramkol) — transducer
  • Hindi: लाउडस्पीकर (lāuḍaspīkar) — transducer
  • Hungarian: hangszóró — transducer
  • Icelandic: hátalari — transducer
  • Indonesian: pengeras suara — transducer
  • Indonesian: penyuara — transducer
  • Indonesian: sepiker — transducer
  • Irish: callaire — transducer
  • Italian: altoparlante — transducer
  • Japanese: 拡声器 (kakuseiki) — transducer
  • Japanese: 拡声機 (kakuseiki) — transducer
  • Japanese: ラウドスピーカー (raudosupīkā) — transducer
  • Japanese: スピーカー (supīkā) — transducer
  • Khmer: អូប៉ាល័រ (ʼoupaalɔə) — transducer
  • Khmer: បំពង់ឧគ្ឃោសនស័ព្ទ (bɑmpŭəng ʼukkhoosaʼnaʼ sap) — transducer
  • Korean: 확성기 (hwakseonggi) — transducer
  • Korean: 스피커 (seupikeo) — transducer
  • Korean: 경음기 (gyeong'eumgi) — transducer
  • Lao: ດອກເຂືອບ້າ (dǭk khư̄a bā) — transducer
  • Lao: ລໍາໂພງ (lam phōng) — transducer
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງຂຍາຽສຽງ (khư̄ang kha nyāi sīang) — transducer
  • Latvian: skaļrunis — transducer
  • Latvian: reproduktors — transducer
  • Lithuanian: garsiakalbis — transducer
  • Macedonian: звучник (zvučnik) — transducer
  • Malay: pembesar suara — transducer
  • Māori: tukuoro — transducer
  • Marathi: लाउडस्पीकर (lāuḍaspīkar) — transducer
  • Marathi: स्पीकर (spīkar) — transducer
  • Mongolian: чанга яричг (čanga jaričg) — transducer
  • Mongolian: өсгөгч (ösgögč) — transducer
  • Musi: son — transducer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høgtaler — transducer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høytaler — transducer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høyttaler — transducer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: høgtalar — transducer
  • Polish: głośnik — transducer
  • Portuguese: alto-falante — transducer
  • Portuguese: altifalante — transducer
  • Portuguese: coluna — transducer
  • Romanian: difuzor — transducer
  • Russian: громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ) — transducer
  • Russian: репроду́ктор (reprodúktor) — transducer
  • Russian: дина́мик (dinámik) — transducer
  • Russian: спи́кер (spíker) — transducer
  • Serbo-Croatian: зву̑чнӣк — transducer
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvȗčnīk — transducer
  • Slovak: reproduktor — transducer
  • Slovene: zvočnik — transducer
  • Spanish: altavoz — transducer
  • Spanish: altoparlante — transducer
  • Spanish: magnavoz — transducer
  • Swedish: högtalare — transducer
  • Tagalog: daktinig — transducer
  • Tagalog: palakas-tinig — transducer
  • Tagalog: altabos — transducer
  • Tamil: ஒலிபெருக்கி (oliperukki) — transducer
  • Thai: ลําโพง (lam-poong) — transducer
  • Turkish: hoparlör — transducer
  • Ukrainian: гучномо́вець (hučnomóvecʹ) — transducer
  • Ukrainian: спі́кер (spíker) — transducer
  • Ukrainian: дина́мік (dynámik) — transducer
  • Vietnamese: loa — transducer
  • Vietnamese: máy phát thanh — transducer
  • Yiddish: הויכרעדער (hoykhreder) — transducer
  • Yiddish: הילכער (hilkher) — transducer
  • Yiddish: דינאַמיק (dinamik) — transducer
  • Betawi: sombok — encasing
  • Bulgarian: тонколо́на (tonkolóna) — encasing
  • Danish: højtaler — encasing
  • Estonian: kõlar — encasing
  • Finnish: kaiutin — encasing
  • Finnish: kajari — encasing
  • Finnish: kovaääninen — encasing
  • Finnish: ämyri — encasing
  • French: enceinte acoustique — encasing
  • German: Lautsprecherbox — encasing
  • German: Box — encasing
  • Hungarian: hangfal — encasing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høgtaler — encasing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høytaler — encasing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høyttaler — encasing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: høgtalar — encasing
  • Polish: głośnik — encasing
  • Portuguese: caixa de som — encasing
  • Russian: громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ) — encasing
  • Spanish: caja acústica — encasing
  • Swedish: högtalare — encasing