audio
English
Etymology
Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.di.əʊ/
- (US, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/, [ˈɔ.ɾi.oʊ]
Audio (US): (file)
- (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.di.oʊ/, [ˈɑ.ɾi.oʊ]
- (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈɒd.i.oʊ/, [ˈɒɾ.i.oʊ]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈoː.di.əʉ/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈoː.di.ɐʉ/
Adjective
audio (comparative more audio, superlative most audio)
- Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
- 1955, The Educational Screen - Volume 34, page 366:
- If you're more audio than visual, tune in on the "A-V Soap Opera" (page 375).
- 1997, Arthur Myers, Communicating With Animals, →ISBN:
- I'm very audio, so I hear words.
- 2010, Dick Lyles, Pearls of Perspicacity, →ISBN:
- For example, if the person uses visual predicates such as “I see” or “I can't picture that,” the most powerful influencers will respond by saying “Let me show you,” as opposed to “let me explain,” the latter predicate being more audio than visual.
Translations
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Noun
audio (usually uncountable, plural audios)
- (uncountable) Sound, or a sound signal.
- (countable) A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.
- I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.
- 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times[1]:
- Others wryly illustrate appropriated audios, like instructions for quacking like a duck or a letter from an angry airline passenger.
Derived terms
- audiation
- audioboard
- audio book
- audio-book
- audio card
- audio cassette
- audio CD
- audiocentric
- audiocentrism
- audio clip
- audio coil
- audioconference
- audio-description
- audio DVD
- audio frequency
- audio guide
- audio mastering
- audio mining
- audio play
- audio tape
- audiotape
- audio tour
- audiotrack
- audio typing
- audio-typist
- audio typist
- audio vérité
- audio-visual
- audism
- described audio
- digital audio
- digital audio workstation
- dual audio
- nonaudio
- sub-audio frequency
Related terms
Translations
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See also
References
“audio”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.di.oː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: au‧dio
Noun
audio c (plural audio's)
Derived terms
- audioapparaat
- audioapparatuur
- audiobestand
- audiocassette
- audiovisueel
Descendants
- → Indonesian: audio
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English audio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯dio/, [ˈɑ̝u̯dio̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑudio
- Syllabification(key): au‧di‧o
- Hyphenation(key): au‧dio
Noun
audio
- (uncommon outside compounds) audio
Declension
Inflection of audio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | audio | audiot | |
genitive | audion | audioiden audioitten | |
partitive | audiota | audioita | |
illative | audioon | audioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | audio | audiot | |
accusative | nom. | audio | audiot |
gen. | audion | ||
genitive | audion | audioiden audioitten | |
partitive | audiota | audioita | |
inessive | audiossa | audioissa | |
elative | audiosta | audioista | |
illative | audioon | audioihin | |
adessive | audiolla | audioilla | |
ablative | audiolta | audioilta | |
allative | audiolle | audioille | |
essive | audiona | audioina | |
translative | audioksi | audioiksi | |
abessive | audiotta | audioitta | |
instructive | — | audioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “audio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.djo/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
audio (plural audio or audios)
- audio
- 2011, Christian Depover, Thierry Karsenti, Enseigner avec les technologies: Favoriser les apprentissages, développer des compétences, PUQ, →ISBN:
- La baladodiffusion est ainsi utilisée comme outil à potentiel cognitif, parce qu'elle permet, relativement facilement, de diffuser un contenu audio ou vidéo qui peut, par la suite, être écouté ou vu à tout moment par l'apprenant.
- Therefore, podcasting is used as a tool for cognitive potential, because it allows for the relatively easy distribution of audio or video content, which, as a result, can be listened to or watched at any moment by the learner.
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch audio, from Latin audiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈau̯dio]
- Hyphenation: au‧dio
Adjective
audio (comparative lebih audio, superlative paling audio)
- audio: focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight
Noun
audio (plural audio-audio)
- audio: a sound, or a sound signal
Related terms
- audio mobil
Further reading
- “audio” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaw.djo/[1]
- Rhymes: -awdjo
- Hyphenation: àu‧dio
Adjective
audio (invariable)
- audio
Noun
audio m (invariable)
Related terms
See also
References
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *awizdjō, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).
Cognates include Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to perceive”) (also originally "to render manifest"), whence English aesthetic, and ἀΐω (aḯō, “to perceive, hear”), Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”), Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”) and Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.di.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.d̪i.o]
Verb
audiō (present infinitive audīre, perfect active audīvī or audiī, supine audītum); fourth conjugation
- to hear, listen to
- Synonym: exaudio
- to attend, pay attention to
- Audīsne mē? ― Are you listening to me?
- to accept, agree with, obey
- to perceive or understand, learn (by hearing)
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
References
- “audio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “audio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- audio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to know from hearsay: fando aliquid audivisse
- I heard him say..: ex eo audivi, cum diceret
- to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bene, male audire (ab aliquo)
- to attend Plato's lectures: audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
- to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
- I admit it, say on: audio, fateor
- to know from hearsay: fando aliquid audivisse
- audio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61
- https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-dictionary-flexion.php?lemma=AUDIO100
- https://glosbe.com/la/en/audientes
- https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/noun/2928/?h=audientes
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin audiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaw.djɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -awdjɔ
- Syllabification: au‧dio
Adjective
audio (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
- (postpositive) audio
Related terms
Further reading
- audio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- audio in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
audio m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | audio | audio | audio | audio | |||
definite | — | — | — | — | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | audio | audio | audio | audio | |||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaudjo/ [ˈau̯.ð̞jo]
- Rhymes: -audjo
- Syllabification: au‧dio
Noun
audio m (plural audios)
Further reading
- “audio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Noun
audio c or n (uncountable)