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picture-in-picture

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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.

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noun

Meaning 1

A feature of some television receivers and similar devices, where one program or channel is displayed on the full TV screen while another is displayed in an inset window.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: broadcasting, media, television

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noun

Meaning 2

A feature where video content floats over the web page as a separate element.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 畫中畫 /画中画 (huàzhōnghuà) — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子母畫面 /子母画面 — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Czech: obraz v obraze — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Czech: obrázek v obrázku — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • French: incrustation d'image — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • German: Bild im Bild — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • German: BiB — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Korean: 픽처 인 픽처 (pikcheo in pikcheo) — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bilde-i-bilde — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bilde-i-bilde — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Slovak: obraz v obraze — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Slovak: obrázok v obrázku — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Swedish: bild i bild — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window
  • Swedish: bib — simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window