Phrase guide

sound recording

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.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An audio recording on phonograph, cassette tape, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of making such recordings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An audio recording, regardless of physical format.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: copyright, intellectual-property, law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phonogram

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a recording of acoustic signals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: audio recording, audio

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recording

Narrower terms: audiotape, phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter, soundtrack, talking book

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: səs yazısı — audio recording
  • Azerbaijani: səsyazma — audio recording
  • Russian: звукозапись (zvukozapisʹ) — audio recording
  • Vietnamese: bản ghi âm — audio recording
  • Vietnamese: bản thu thanh — audio recording
  • Vietnamese: bản thâu thanh — audio recording