noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/
Received-Pronunciation:/-ˌkæst/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈpɑdˌkæst/
General-American:/ˈpɔd-/
[ˈphäd̥̚ˌkhɛə̯s]African-American Vernacular
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈpɒdˌkɐːst/
Australian, New-Zealand:/-ˌkæ(ː)st/
Singapore:[ˈphɔt̚ˌkhäs]
South-Asia:[ˈpɔɖˌkäːʂʈ]
rhymes with -ɒdkɑːst
rhymes with -ɒdkæst
CMU ARPABET:P AO1 D K AE2 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blogcast
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An individual episode of such a program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To deliver a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree English internetwork English Internet English i- English pod English iPod Proto-Indo-European *bher-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast blend English podcast Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) + broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.
Across languages
Translations
116 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
potgooi
— type of audio program
Afrikaans:
podsending
— type of audio program
Arabic:
بُودْكَاسْت m پُودْكَاسْت
(būdkāst)
— type of audio program
Arabic:
بَثّ صَوْتِيّ
(baṯṯ ṣawtiyy)
— type of audio program
Arabic:
تَدْوِين صَوْتِيّ
(tadwīn ṣawtiyy)
— type of audio program
Armenian:
փոդքասթ
(pʻodkʻastʻ)
— type of audio program
Azerbaijani:
podkast
— type of audio program
Belarusian:
падка́ст
(padkást)
— type of audio program
Bengali:
পডকাস্ট
(poḍokasṭ)
— type of audio program
Bulgarian:
по́дкаст
(pódkast)
— type of audio program
Burmese:
ပေါ့တ်ကာစ်
(paut.kac)
— type of audio program
Catalan:
pòdcast
— type of audio program
Chinese Mandarin:
播客
(bōkè)
— type of audio program
Czech:
podcast
— type of audio program
Danish:
podcast
— type of audio program
Dutch:
podcast
— type of audio program
Esperanto:
podkasto
— type of audio program
Estonian:
taskuhääling
— type of audio program
Faroese:
poddvarp
— type of audio program
Faroese:
tøkuvarp
— type of audio program
Finnish:
podcast
— type of audio program
Finnish:
ääniohjelma
— type of audio program
Finnish:
puheohjelma
— type of audio program
French:
podcast
— type of audio program
French:
balado
— type of audio program
Georgian:
პოდკასტი
(ṗodḳasṭi)
— type of audio program
German:
Podcast
— type of audio program
German:
Audio-Internetsendung
— type of audio program
Greek:
πόντκαστ
(póntkast)
— type of audio program
Hawaiian:
hoʻolele hualono
— type of audio program
Hebrew:
פּוֹדְקַאסְט
(pódkast)
— type of audio program
Hebrew:
הֶסְכֵּת
(heskét)
— type of audio program
Hebrew:
תַּסְכִּית
(taskít)
— type of audio program
Hindi:
पॉडकास्ट
(pŏḍkāsṭ)
— type of audio program
Hindi:
कोशसत्र
(kośsatra)
— type of audio program
Hungarian:
podcast
— type of audio program
Icelandic:
hlaðvarp
— type of audio program
Icelandic:
netvarp
— type of audio program
Ido:
podkasto
— type of audio program
Indonesian:
siniar
— type of audio program
Irish:
podchraol
— type of audio program
Italian:
podcast
— type of audio program
Japanese:
ポッドキャスト
(poddokyasuto)
— type of audio program
Kazakh:
подкаст
(podkast)
— type of audio program
Korean:
팟캐스트
(patkaeseuteu)
— type of audio program
Northern Kurdish:
podcast
— type of audio program
Northern Kurdish:
podkast
— type of audio program
Kyrgyz:
подкаст
(podkast)
— type of audio program
Latin:
acroāma
— type of audio program
Latvian:
podkāsts
— type of audio program
Latvian:
raidieraksts
— type of audio program
Lithuanian:
podkastas
— type of audio program
Lithuanian:
tinklalaidė
— type of audio program
Macedonian:
по́ткаст
(pótkast)
— type of audio program
Macedonian:
подкаст
(podkast)
— type of audio program
Malay:
audio siar
— type of audio program
Malay:
video siar
— type of audio program
Malay:
siniar
— type of audio program
Māori:
pāhorangi
— type of audio program
Mongolian:
подкаст
(podkast)
— type of audio program
Norwegian Bokmål:
podcast
— type of audio program
Norwegian Bokmål:
podkast
— type of audio program
Norwegian Nynorsk:
podkast
— type of audio program
Iranian Persian:
پادْکَسْت
(pâdkast)
— type of audio program
Iranian Persian:
پادْپَخْش
(pâdpaxš)
— type of audio program
Polish:
podcast
— type of audio program
Polish:
słuchowisko
— type of audio program
Portuguese:
podcast
— type of audio program
Romanian:
podcast
— type of audio program
Russian:
подка́ст
(podkást)
— type of audio program
Scottish Gaelic:
pod-chraoladh
— type of audio program
Serbo-Croatian:
подкаст
— type of audio program
Serbo-Croatian:
podkast
— type of audio program
Serbo-Croatian:
podcast
— type of audio program
Slovak:
podcast
— type of audio program
Slovene:
podkast
— type of audio program
Spanish:
podcast
— type of audio program
Spanish:
pódcast
— type of audio program
Swahili:
podikasti
— type of audio program
Swedish:
podcast
— type of audio program
Swedish:
podd
— type of audio program
Swedish:
poddsändning
— type of audio program
Tajik:
подкаст
(podkast)
— type of audio program
Thai:
พอดแคสต์
(pɔ̀ɔt-kɛ́ɛs)
— type of audio program
Thai:
พอดคาสต์
(pɔ̀ɔt-káas)
— type of audio program
Turkish:
podcast
— type of audio program
Ukrainian:
подка́ст
(podkást)
— type of audio program
Urdu:
پوڈْکاسْٹ
(poḍkāsṭ)
— type of audio program
Urdu:
پوڈ نَشَر
(poḍ naśar)
— type of audio program
Uyghur:
پودكەست
(podkest)
— type of audio program
Uzbek:
podkast
— type of audio program
Welsh:
podlediad
— type of audio program
Yiddish:
פּאָדקאַסט
(podkast)
— type of audio program
Catalan:
pòdcast
— individual episode of such a program
Finnish:
podcast-jakso
— individual episode of such a program
Finnish:
ääniohjelman jakso
— individual episode of such a program
Finnish:
puheohjelman jakso
— individual episode of such a program
German:
Podcast-Episode
— individual episode of such a program
Polish:
odcinek podcastu
— individual episode of such a program
Swedish:
podcast
— individual episode of such a program
Swedish:
podd
— individual episode of such a program
Swedish:
podcastepisod
— individual episode of such a program
Finnish:
lähettää podcastina
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Finnish:
podcastata
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
French:
podcaster
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
French:
baladodiffuser
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
German:
podcasten
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Māori:
pāhorangi
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Māori:
īpāho
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Swedish:
podcasta
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Swedish:
podda
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Welsh:
podledu
— to deliver (information) in the form of a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Finnish:
lähettää podcastia
— to deliver a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Finnish:
podcastata
— to deliver a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Swedish:
podcasta
— to deliver a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices
Swedish:
podda
— to deliver a program over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices