audio

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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) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/, [ˈɔ.ɾi.oʊ]
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.di.oʊ/, [ˈɑ.ɾi.oʊ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.di.əʉ/

Adjective

audio (comparative more audio, superlative most audio)

1. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

Translations

Noun

audio (usually uncountable, plural audios)

1. (uncountable) Sound, or a sound signal.
2. (countable) A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

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/
• Hyphenation: au‧dio

Noun

audio c (plural audio's)

1. audio

   Synonym: geluid

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Indonesian: audio

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English audio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯dio/, [ˈɑ̝u̯dio̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑudio
• Hyphenation^(key): au‧dio

Noun

audio

1. (uncommon outside compounds) audio

Declension

Synonyms

• ääni

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 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.djo/

Adjective

audio (plural audio or audios)

1. audio

Derived terms

• livre audio

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch audio, from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯dio]
• Hyphenation: au‧dio

Adjective

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

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/
• Rhymes: -awdjo
• Hyphenation: àu‧dio

Adjective

audio (invariable)

1. audio

Noun

audio m (invariable)

1. sound, volume, audio

Related terms

• audio-
• auditivo
• auditorio
• audizione
• udire

See also

• video

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/, [ˈäu̯d̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.di.o/, [ˈäːu̯d̪io]

Verb

audiō (present infinitive audīre, perfect active audīvī or audiī, supine audītum); fourth conjugation

1. to hear, listen to

   Synonym: exaudio
2. to attend, pay attention to

   Audīsne mē? ― Are you listening to me?

3. to accept, agree with, obey
4. to perceive or understand, learn (by hearing)

   Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, inveniō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, inveniō, tongeō, cernō, exaudiō

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

Conjugation

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

See also

• auscultō

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.
• audio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.djɔ/
• Rhymes: -awdjɔ
• Syllabification: au‧dio

Adjective

audio (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

1. (postpositive) audio

Related terms

Further reading

• audio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• audio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French audio.

Adjective

audio m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. audio

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English audio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaudjo/ [ˈau̯.ð̞jo]
• Rhymes: -audjo
• Syllabification: au‧dio

Noun

audio m (plural audios)

1. audio

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], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

audio c or n (uncountable)

1. audio