lipread

See also: lip-read

English

Alternative forms

• lip-read
• lip read

Etymology

From lip +‎ read.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪpɹiːd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (past tense and participle) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪpɹɛd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

lipread (third-person singular simple present lipreads, present participle lipreading, simple past and past participle lipread)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips.

Derived terms

• lipreader
• lipreading

Translations

determine what a person is saying by watching or observing the movement of their lips.

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: odezírat (cs) (ze rtů) Danish: mundaflæse Finnish: lukea huulilta French: lire sur les lèvres (fr) German: von den Lippen lesen Hungarian: szájról olvas Icelandic: varalestur m Norwegian: Bokmål: lese på lepper, lese på munn Portuguese: ler os lábios Spanish: leer los labios

Further reading

• lipreading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pedrail, parlied, prelaid, predial