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MP3

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: audio file format

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A digital sound recording in MP3 format; a song file.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of MP3.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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History

Etymology

Initialism of MPEG Audio Layer 3. First use appears c. 1994. See cite below.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِم بِي ثْرِي (ʔem bī ṯrī) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Arabic: إم بي 3 (ʔem bī ṯrī) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Arabic: إم بي 3 (ʔem bī ṯalāṯa) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Arabic: إم بي ٣ (ʔem bī ṯrī) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Arabic: إم بي ٣ (ʔem bī ṯalāṯa) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Arabic: MP3 (ʔem bī ṯrī) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Arabic: MP3 (ʔem bī ṯalāṯa) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Arabic: إِم بِي ثَلَاثَة (ʔem bī ṯalāṯa) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Chinese Mandarin: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Czech: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Dutch: mp3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Finnish: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • German: MP3 (emm-pee-drei) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Greek: έμ-πι-θρί (ém-pi-thrí) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Greek: έμ-πι-τρία (ém-pi-tría) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Greek: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Hindi: एम् पी ३ (em pī 3) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Hindi: एम् पी थ्री (em pī thrī) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Hindi: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Japanese: エムピースリー (emu-pī-surī) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Japanese: MP3 (MP3) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Korean: 엠피쓰리 (empisseuri) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Korean: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Persian: امپیتری (em-pi-teri) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Polish: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Portuguese: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Russian: эм-пи-три́ (em-pi-trí) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Russian: MP3 — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Thai: เอ็มพีสาม (em pee săam) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Thai: เอ็มพี๓ (em pee săam) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Thai: เอ็มพี 3 (em pee săam) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Thai: MP3 (MP3) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Turkish: MP3 (em-pi-üç) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
  • Xibe: ᠠᡞᠮ ᡦᡞ ᠰᠠᠨ (aim pi san) — MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3