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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
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.
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adj
Archaic form of microacoustic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
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noun
An instrument for remedying or assisting imperfect hearing by making faint sounds audible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micr- Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h2ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h2ḱh2owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English micracoustic From micr- + acoustic.
