noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstɛθəskəʊp/
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US:/ˈstɛθəsˌkoʊp/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medical instrument
Narrower terms: fetoscope, foetoscope
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
stetoskoop
— medical instrument
Albanian:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Arabic:
سَمَّاعَةُ الطَّبِيب
(sammāʕatu ṭ-ṭabīb)
— medical instrument
Arabic:
سَمَّاعَة
(sammāʕa)
— medical instrument
Arabic:
مِسْمَاعُ الصَّدْر
(mismāʕu ṣ-ṣadr)
— medical instrument
Arabic:
صناتة
(ṣannāta)
— medical instrument
Armenian:
ստետոսկոպ
(stetoskop)
— medical instrument
Asturian:
estetoscopiu
— medical instrument
Azerbaijani:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Basque:
estetoskopio
— medical instrument
Belarusian:
стэтаско́п
(stetaskóp)
— medical instrument
Bengali:
স্টেথোস্কোপ
(sṭethōskōp)
— medical instrument
Breton:
selaouenner
— medical instrument
Bulgarian:
стетоско́п
(stetoskóp)
— medical instrument
Bulgarian:
слуша́лка
(slušálka)
— medical instrument
Burmese:
နားကြပ်
(na:krap)
— medical instrument
Catalan:
estetoscopi
— medical instrument
Chinese Cantonese:
聽診器 /听诊器
(teng1 can2 hei3)
— medical instrument
Chinese Cantonese:
聽筒 /听筒
— medical instrument
Chinese:
聽診器 /听诊器
(thian-chín-khì)
— medical instrument
Chinese:
聽筒 /听筒
(thian-tâng)
— medical instrument
Chinese Mandarin:
聽診器 /听诊器
(tīngzhěnqì)
— medical instrument
Czech:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Danish:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Dutch:
stethoscoop
— medical instrument
Esperanto:
stetoskopo
— medical instrument
Estonian:
stetoskoop
— medical instrument
Faroese:
lurt
— medical instrument
Finnish:
stetoskooppi
— medical instrument
French:
stéthoscope
— medical instrument
West-Frisian:
stetoskoop
— medical instrument
Galician:
estetoscopio
— medical instrument
Georgian:
სტეტოსკოპი
(sṭeṭosḳoṗi)
— medical instrument
German:
Stethoskop
— medical instrument
Bavarian German:
Stethoskop
— medical instrument
Greek:
στηθοσκόπιο
(stithoskópio)
— medical instrument
Gujarati:
ઉરોદર્શક
(urodarśak)
— medical instrument
Gujarati:
સ્ટેથોસ્કોપ
(sṭethoskop)
— medical instrument
Hebrew:
סְטֶתוֹסְקוֹפּ
(stetoskóp)
— medical instrument
Hebrew:
סְטָטוֹסְקוֹפּ
(statoskóp)
— medical instrument
Hebrew:
מַסְכֵּת
(maskét)
— medical instrument
Hindi:
स्टेथोस्कोप
(sṭethoskop)
— medical instrument
Hindi:
परिश्रावक
(pariśrāvak)
— medical instrument
Hungarian:
sztetoszkóp
— medical instrument
Icelandic:
hlustunarpípa
— medical instrument
Ido:
stetoskopo
— medical instrument
Ido:
auskultilo
— medical instrument
Indonesian:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Irish:
steiteascóp
— medical instrument
Italian:
stetoscopio
— medical instrument
Japanese:
聴診器
(chōshinki)
— medical instrument
Kannada:
ಬಡಿತಕೇಳುಕ
(baḍitakēḷuka)
— medical instrument
Kannada:
ಬಡಿತ ಆಲಿಸುಕ
(baḍita ālisuka)
— medical instrument
Kashubian:
stetoskòp
— medical instrument
Kazakh:
стетоскоп
(stetoskop)
— medical instrument
Khmer:
ស្តេតូ
(steetou)
— medical instrument
Khmer:
ឧរាទស្សន៍
(ʼŏréatssân៍)
— medical instrument
Korean:
청진기
(cheongjin'gi)
— medical instrument
Latin:
stethoscopium
— medical instrument
Latvian:
stetoskops
— medical instrument
Lithuanian:
stetoskopas
— medical instrument
Luxembourgish:
Stethoskop
— medical instrument
Macedonian:
стетоскоп
(stetoskop)
— medical instrument
Malagasy:
fihainoana
— medical instrument
Malay:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Malayalam:
സ്റ്റെതസ്കോപ്പ്
(sṟṟetaskōppŭ)
— medical instrument
Manx:
stetascoip
— medical instrument
Marathi:
स्टेथोस्कोप
(sṭethoskop)
— medical instrument
Norwegian Bokmål:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Norwegian Nynorsk:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Occitan:
estetoscòpi
— medical instrument
Persian:
گوشی پزشکی
(gôši-pezeški)
— medical instrument
Persian:
استِتوسکوپ
— medical instrument
Picard:
ascoutiau
— medical instrument
Polish:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Polish:
słuchawka
— medical instrument
Portuguese:
estetoscópio
— medical instrument
Romanian:
stetoscop
— medical instrument
Russian:
стетоско́п
(stetoskóp)
— medical instrument
Northern Sami:
stetoskohppa
— medical instrument
Sanskrit:
स्पन्दमापिनी
(spandamāpinī)
— medical instrument
Scottish Gaelic:
steatasgop
— medical instrument
Serbo-Croatian:
сте̏тоскоп
— medical instrument
Serbo-Croatian:
stȅtoskop
— medical instrument
Sinhalese:
වෙදනලාව
(wedanalāwa)
— medical instrument
Slovak:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Slovene:
stetoskóp
— medical instrument
Slovene:
stetoskòp
— medical instrument
Spanish:
estetoscopio
— medical instrument
Sundanese:
stétoskop
— medical instrument
Swedish:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Tagalog:
diblinig
— medical instrument
Tagalog:
estetoskopyo
— medical instrument
Tagalog:
istetoskop
— medical instrument
Tamil:
சப்தசோதனைக்குழல்
(captacōtaṉaikkuḻal)
— medical instrument
Tamil:
இதயத்துடிப்பு மானி
(itayattuṭippu māṉi)
— medical instrument
Telugu:
స్టెతస్కోప్
(sṭetaskōp)
— medical instrument
Thai:
เครื่องฟังตรวจ
(krêuang fang dtrùat)
— medical instrument
Turkish:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Ukrainian:
стетоско́п
(stetoskóp)
— medical instrument
Uzbek:
stetoskop
— medical instrument
Vietnamese:
ống nghe
— medical instrument
Walloon:
aschoûtrece
— medical instrument
Walloon:
aschoutea (neologisms)
— medical instrument