audio

See also: Audio, áudio, àudio, aŭdio, and audio-

For audio in Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Audio.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

audio

Wikipedia

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)

1. 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

focused on audible sound

Arabic: سَمْعِيّ (samʕiyy), أُودْيُو (ʔūdyū) Catalan: àudio (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 音頻 / 音频 (zh) (yīnpín), 伴音 (bànyīn) Estonian: heli-, kuuldav Finnish: ääni-, audio- French: audio (fr) German: Audio- (de) Greek: ήχου (el) (íchou), ηχητικός (el) (ichitikós), ακουστικός (el) (akoustikós) Haitian Creole: odyo Hebrew: שמע (he) (shamâ) Hungarian: hang- (hu) Indonesian: audio (id) Irish: fuaim (ga) Japanese: オーディオ (ja) (ōdio) Korean: 오디오 (odio) Kyrgyz: угум (ugum) Maltese: awdjo Maori: ororongo Persian: شنیداری (fa) (šenidâri) Polish: audio (pl) (postpostive) Portuguese: auditivo (pt) Romanian: audio (ro) Russian: а́удио- (ru) (áudio-), звуково́й (ru) (zvukovój) Serbo-Croatian: zvučni, audio Spanish: de sonido, de audio Turkish: ses (tr) Ukrainian: а́вдіо n (ávdio), а́удіо n (áudio), звукови́й (zvukovýj) Vietnamese: âm thanh (vi), âm tần Welsh: sain (cy)

Noun

audio (usually uncountable, plural audios)

1. (uncountable) Sound, or a sound signal.
2. (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:

     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
• audiovisual
• audism
• described audio
• digital audio
• digital audio workstation
• dual audio
• edit audio
• nonaudio
• sub-audio frequency

Related terms

sound or signal

• audible
• audio-
• audiobook
• audio commentary
• audio description
• audio file
• audiovisual
• audition
• auditive
• auditory
• dysaudia

Translations

a sound or a sound signal

Catalan: àudio (ca) Esperanto: aŭdio, sono (eo) Finnish: ääni (fi), audio (fi) Galician: audio (gl) m Greek: ήχος (el) (íchos) Hindi: श्रव्य (hi) (śravya) Hungarian: hanganyag (hu) Icelandic: hljóð (is) n Indonesian: audio (id) Japanese: オーディオ (ja) (ōdio) Korean: 오디오 (odio) Kyrgyz: угум (ugum) Norman: audgo m Portuguese: áudio (pt) m Spanish: audio (es) m

See also

• video

References

“audio”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• Douai

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.di.oː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: au‧dio

Noun

audio c (plural audio's, no diminutive)

1. audio

   Synonym: geluid

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

1. (uncommon outside compounds) audio

Declension

Inflection of audio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of audio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative audioni audioni accusative nom. audioni audioni gen. audioni genitive audioni audioideni audioitteni partitive audiotani audioitani inessive audiossani audioissani elative audiostani audioistani illative audiooni audioihini adessive audiollani audioillani ablative audioltani audioiltani allative audiolleni audioilleni essive audionani audioinani translative audiokseni audioikseni abessive audiottani audioittani instructive — — comitative — audioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative audiosi audiosi accusative nom. audiosi audiosi gen. audiosi genitive audiosi audioidesi audioittesi partitive audiotasi audioitasi inessive audiossasi audioissasi elative audiostasi audioistasi illative audioosi audioihisi adessive audiollasi audioillasi ablative audioltasi audioiltasi allative audiollesi audioillesi essive audionasi audioinasi translative audioksesi audioiksesi abessive audiottasi audioittasi instructive — — comitative — audioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative audiomme audiomme accusative nom. audiomme audiomme gen. audiomme genitive audiomme audioidemme audioittemme partitive audiotamme audioitamme inessive audiossamme audioissamme elative audiostamme audioistamme illative audioomme audioihimme adessive audiollamme audioillamme ablative audioltamme audioiltamme allative audiollemme audioillemme essive audionamme audioinamme translative audioksemme audioiksemme abessive audiottamme audioittamme instructive — — comitative — audioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative audionne audionne accusative nom. audionne audionne gen. audionne genitive audionne audioidenne audioittenne partitive audiotanne audioitanne inessive audiossanne audioissanne elative audiostanne audioistanne illative audioonne audioihinne adessive audiollanne audioillanne ablative audioltanne audioiltanne allative audiollenne audioillenne essive audionanne audioinanne translative audioksenne audioiksenne abessive audiottanne audioittanne instructive — — comitative — audioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative audionsa audionsa accusative nom. audionsa audionsa gen. audionsa genitive audionsa audioidensa audioittensa partitive audiotaan audiotansa audioitaan audioitansa inessive audiossaan audiossansa audioissaan audioissansa elative audiostaan audiostansa audioistaan audioistansa illative audioonsa audioihinsa adessive audiollaan audiollansa audioillaan audioillansa ablative audioltaan audioltansa audioiltaan audioiltansa allative audiolleen audiollensa audioilleen audioillensa essive audionaan audionansa audioinaan audioinansa translative audiokseen audioksensa audioikseen audioiksensa abessive audiottaan audiottansa audioittaan audioittansa instructive — — comitative — audioineen audioinensa

Synonyms

• ääni

Derived terms

• audiofiili

compounds

• audiolaite
• audiotekniikka

Further reading

• “audio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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 (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

audio (plural audio or audios)

1. 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

• livre audio

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

audio

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Dutch audio, from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈdio/ [au̯ˈdi.o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: au‧di‧o

Adjective

audio (comparative lebih audio, superlative paling audio)

1. audio: focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight

Noun

audio (plural audio-audio)

1. audio: a sound, or a sound signal

Related terms

• audio mobil

Further reading

• “audio”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016