noun
Meaning 1
A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
woofer
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.
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US: wo͝ofʹər
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US: /ˈwʊfɚ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ʊfə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: W UH1 F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of wwoofer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wwoofer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system
History
Etymology
From woof + -er.
From WWOOF.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: bassokaiutin — low-frequency audio speaker
- French: woofer — low-frequency audio speaker
- French: haut-parleur de graves — low-frequency audio speaker
- German: Bass — low-frequency audio speaker
- German: Basslautsprecher — low-frequency audio speaker
- Irish: amhaire — low-frequency audio speaker
- Japanese: ウーファー (ūfā) — low-frequency audio speaker
- Japanese: 低音域用スピーカー (tei-on'iki-yō supīkā) — low-frequency audio speaker
- Korean: 우퍼 (upeo) — low-frequency audio speaker
- Spanish: woofer — low-frequency audio speaker
- Spanish: bafle de bajos — low-frequency audio speaker