microphone

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English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ -phone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfoʊn/

Noun

microphone (plural microphones)

1. A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:microphone.

Usage notes

• Metaphors for many microphones (such as can be observed at a press conference) include garden of microphones and sea of microphones. Wall of microphones is used both figuratively (of a group of reporters) and literally (a wall covered with microphones).

Synonyms

• (transducer of sound waves to electricity): mic, mike

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 咪高峰 (mai¹ gou¹ fung¹)
• → Chichewa: maikolofoni
• → Fijian: maikorofoni
• → Hausa: makirufo
• → Korean: 마이크로폰 (maikeuropon)
• → Lao: ໄມໂຄຣໂຟນ (mai khōn fōn)
• → Portuguese: microfone
• → Shona: maikorofoni
• → Thai: ไมโครโฟน (mai-kroo-foon)
• → Welsh: meicroffon

Translations

Verb

microphone (third-person singular simple present microphones, present participle microphoning, simple past and past participle microphoned)

1. (transitive) To put one or more microphones on or in.

Synonyms

• mike, mike up, bug (if covert), wire up

Translations

Anagrams

• neomorphic, pheromonic

French

Etymology

From micro- +‎ -phone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.kʁɔ.fɔn/

Noun

microphone m (plural microphones)

1. microphone

   Synonym: micro

Derived terms

• micro

Descendants

• → Romanian: microfon
• → Turkish: mikrofon

Further reading

• “microphone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.