stereo

A shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛəɹ.i.oʊ/

stereo (countable and uncountable, plural stereos)

1. A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two channels, each playing a portion of the original sound in such a way as to create the illusion of locating the sound at a particular position, each offset from the other, thereby more accurately imitating the location of the original sound when the recorded or reproduced sound is heard.
2. (by extension) Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.

   He liked to listen to classical music on his stereo.

3. (printing, colloquial) A stereotype.
4. (Myanmar, music) A genre of Western-style pop and rock music.

• (object or device): hi-fi, music centre, console, radiogram, consolette

stereo (not comparable)

1. Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo.
2. Of a pair of images: one depicting the view as would be seen from one eye and the other from the other eye, so that when viewed appropriately, they combine to give an impression of three dimensions.
   • 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood:

     One could easily do this with stereo photographs, but one could also do it by making a pseudoscope, with a short cardboard tube and mirrors, […]

• (of sound): in stereo, stereophonic
• (of a pair of images): in stereo, stereographic

• (antonym(s) of “of sound”): mono, monophonic, monaural

stereo (third-person singular simple present stereos, present participle stereoing, simple past and past participle stereoed)

1. (transitive) To create a stereophotographic image of.

• surround sound

• Eostre, Rosete, e-store, erotes

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɛrɛo]

stereo n

1. stereo

Borrowed from English stereo, shortening of stereophonic and a few other terms.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteː.ri.oː/, /ˈsteː.reː.oː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ste‧reo

stereo (invariable, comparative meer stereo, superlative meest stereo)

1. stereo, stereophonic

stereo

1. stereo, stereophonically

stereo f (plural stereo's, diminutive stereootje n)

1. a stereo set, a stereo installation

• stereo-installatie
• stereoset

• stereo-

Internationalism (see English stereo), ultimately from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstereo/, [ˈs̠te̞re̞o̞]
• Rhymes: -ereo
• Syllabification^(key): ste‧re‧o
• Hyphenation^(key): ste‧reo

stereo

1. stereo

• “stereo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• roseet

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.re.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛreo
• Hyphenation: stè‧re‧o

Clipping of stereofonico.

stereo (invariable)

1. stereo, stereophonic

   Synonym: stereofonico

stereo m (invariable)

1. stereo (radio, boombox, etc.)

Clipping of stereofonia.

stereo f (invariable)

1. stereophony

From translingual Stereum, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “firm, solid”).

stereo m (plural sterei)

1. any fungus of the genus Stereum

• stereo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• stereo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Oreste, Ortese, estero, sotere, tesero, teserò

Borrowed from French stéréo.

stereo m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. stereo