Standard Lemma guide

stereophonic

adj · 2 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.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌstɛɹi.əˈfɒnɪk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌstɪəɹi.əˈfɒnɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌstɛɹi.əˈfɑnɪk/
  • General-American: /ˌstɪɹi.əˈfɑnɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɒnɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to sound reproduction using two or sometimes more channels played at different locations to simulate the separation of sources along at least one spatial dimension.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stereo, two-channel

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From stereo- + -phonic, by analogy with stereoscopic.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: estereofònic — using two channels
  • Finnish: kaksiääninen — using two channels
  • Finnish: stereofoninen — using two channels
  • German: stereofonisch — using two channels
  • Italian: stereofonico — using two channels
  • Piedmontese: stereofònich — using two channels
  • Polish: stereofoniczny — using two channels
  • Portuguese: estereofónico — using two channels
  • Portuguese: estereofônico — using two channels
  • Spanish: estereofónico — using two channels