audio

See also:Audio,áudio,àudio,aŭdio,andaudio-

English

Etymology

Clippingofaudio-.Cognates includeSanskritआविस्(āvís,“manifestly, evidently”)andAncient Greekαἰσθάνομαι(aisthánomai,“perceive, notice”)whenceEnglishaesthetic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈɔː.di.əʊ/
• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈɔ.di.oʊ/,[ˈɔ.ɾi.oʊ]

  • Audio(US):

    (file)

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

Adjective

audio(comparativemoreaudio,superlativemostaudio)

1. Focused onaudiblesound,as opposed to sight.
   • 1955,The Educational Screen - Volume 34,page366:

     If you're moreaudiothan visual, tune in on the "A-V Soap Opera" (page 375).

   • 1997,Arthur Myers,Communicating With Animals,→ISBN:

     I'm veryaudio,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 moreaudiothan visual.

Translations

focused on audible sound

• Arabic:سَمْعِيّ(samʕiyy),أُودْيُو(ʔūdyū)
• Catalan:àudio(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Âm tần／Âm tần(zh)(yīnpín),Bạn âm(bànyīn)

• Estonian:heli-,kuuldav
• Finnish:ääni-,audio-
• French:audio(fr)
• German:Audio-
• 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:desonido,deaudio
• Turkish:ses(tr)
• Ukrainian:а́вдіоn(ávdio),а́удіоn(áudio),звукови́й(zvukovýj)
• Vietnamese:âm thanh(vi),âm tần
• Welsh:sain(cy)

Noun

audio(usuallyuncountable,pluralaudios)

1. (uncountable)Asound,or a soundsignal.
   • 2009April 17, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, inNew York Times‎^[1]:

     Others wryly illustrate appropriatedaudios,like instructions for quacking like a duck or a letter from an angry airline passenger.

2. (countable)A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.

   IDMedhim anaudioof myself singing theSouth Parkintro.

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
• audiotape
• audio tape
• audio tour
• audiotrack
• audio typing
• audio typist
• audio-typist
• audio vérité
• audio-visual
• audism
• digital audio workstation
• dual 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

• Esperanto:aŭdio,sono(eo)
• Finnish:ääni(fi),audio(fi)
• Galician:audiom
• 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)
• Kyrgyz:угум(ugum)
• Norman:audgom
• Portuguese:áudio(pt)m
• Spanish:audio(es)m

See also

• video

References

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

Anagrams

• Douai

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately fromLatinaudiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑu̯.di.oː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:au‧dio

Noun

audioc(pluralaudio's)

1. audio

   Synonym:geluid

Descendants

• →Indonesian:audio

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism(seeEnglishaudio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑu̯dio/,[ˈɑ̝u̯dio̞]
• Rhymes:-ɑudio
• Syllabification^(key):au‧di‧o

Noun

audio

1. (uncommonoutside compounds)audio

Declension

Inflectionofaudio(Kotustype 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 formsofaudio(Kotustype 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”,inKielitoimiston 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–,retrieved2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/o.djo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

audio(invariable)

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 contenuaudioou 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 ofaudioor video content, which, as a result, can be listened to or watched at any moment by the learner.

Derived terms

• livre audio

Indonesian

Etymology

FromDutchaudio,fromLatinaudiō.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

audio

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

Noun

audio(first-person possessiveaudioku,second-person possessiveaudiomu,third-person possessiveaudionya)

1. audio:a sound, or a sound signal

Related terms

• audio mobil

Further reading

• “audio”inKamus 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

audiom(invariable)

1. sound,volume,audio

Related terms

• audio-
• auditivo
• auditorio
• audizione
• udire

See also

• video

Latin

Etymology

FromProto-Italic*awizdjō,a compound ofProto-Indo-European*h₂ewis(“clearly, manifestly”)(from the root*h₂ew-(“to see, perceive”)) and*dʰh₁-ye/o-(“to render”).

Cognates includeAncient Greekαἰσθάνομαι(aisthánomai,“to perceive”)(also originally "to render manifest" ), whenceEnglishaesthetic,andἀΐω(aḯō,“to perceive, hear”),Hittite𒌋𒀪𒄭(u-uḫ-ḫi,“I see”),Proto-Germanic*awiz(“obvious”)and Sanskritआविस्(āvís,“openly, manifestly, evidently”).

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical):

    (file)

Verb

audiō(present infinitiveaudīre,perfect activeaudīvīoraudiī,supineaudītum);fourth conjugation

1. tohear,listento

   Synonym:exaudio

   • 29BCE– 19BCE,Virgil,Aeneid4.219–220:

     Tālibus ōrantem dictīs ārāsque tenentem /audiitomnipotēns, [...].

     [King Iarbas,] praying with such words as he had spoken, and [as he was] grasping the holy altars [in supplication], the Almighty [Father]heardhim, [...].

2. toattend,pay attentionto

   Audīsne mē?―Are youlisteningto me?

3. toaccept,agreewith,obey
4. toperceiveorunderstand,learn(byhearing)

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

   Antonyms:ignōrō,nesciō

Conjugation

Conjugation ofaudiō(fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	audiō	audīs	audit	audīmus	audītis	audiunt
	imperfect	audiēbam	audiēbās	audiēbat	audiēbāmus	audiēbātis	audiēbant
	future	audiam	audiēs	audiet	audiēmus	audiētis	audient
	perfect	audīvī, audiī	audīvistī, audiistī	audīvit, audiit	audīvimus, audiimus	audīvistis, audiistis	audīvērunt, audīvēre, audiērunt, audiēre
	pluperfect	audīveram, audieram	audīverās, audierās	audīverat, audierat	audīverāmus, audierāmus	audīverātis, audierātis	audīverant, audierant
	future perfect	audīverō, audierō	audīveris, audieris	audīverit, audierit	audīverimus, audierimus	audīveritis, audieritis	audīverint, audierint
passive	present	audior	audīris, audīre	audītur	audīmur	audīminī	audiuntur
	imperfect	audiēbar	audiēbāris, audiēbāre	audiēbātur	audiēbāmur	audiēbāminī	audiēbantur
	future	audiar	audiēris, audiēre	audiētur	audiēmur	audiēminī	audientur
	perfect	audītus+ present active indicative ofsum
	pluperfect	audītus+ imperfect active indicative ofsum
	future perfect	audītus+ future active indicative ofsum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	audiam	audiās	audiat	audiāmus	audiātis	audiant
	imperfect	audīrem	audīrēs	audīret	audīrēmus	audīrētis	audīrent
	perfect	audīverim, audierim	audīverīs, audierīs	audīverit, audierit	audīverīmus, audierīmus	audīverītis, audierītis	audīverint, audierint
	pluperfect	audīvissem, audiissem	audīvissēs, audiissēs	audīvisset, audiisset	audīvissēmus, audiissēmus	audīvissētis, audiissētis	audīvissent, audiissent
passive	present	audiar	audiāris, audiāre	audiātur	audiāmur	audiāminī	audiantur
	imperfect	audīrer	audīrēris, audīrēre	audīrētur	audīrēmur	audīrēminī	audīrentur
	perfect	audītus+ present active subjunctive ofsum
	pluperfect	audītus+ imperfect active subjunctive ofsum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	audī	—	—	audīte	—
	future	—	audītō	audītō	—	audītōte	audiuntō
passive	present	—	audīre	—	—	audīminī	—
	future	—	audītor	audītor	—	—	audiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		audīre	audīvisse, audiisse	audītūrumesse	audīrī, audīrier1	audītumesse	audītumīrī
participles		audiēns	—	audītūrus	—	audītus	audiendus, audiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		audiendī	audiendō	audiendum	audiendō	audītum	audītū

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

Derived terms

• abaudiō
• adaudiō
• audiendus
• audiēns
• audientia
• audītiō
• audītō
• audītor
• audītus
• exaudiō
• inaudiō
• obaudiō
• oboediō
• praeaudiō
• subaudiō

Related terms

• audītiuncula
• audītōriālis
• audītōrium
• audītōrius

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian:avdu,avdzãri
  • Istro-Romanian:avzi
  • Megleno-Romanian:ud,uzări
  • Romanian:auzi,auzire
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian:udire
• Padanian:
  • Friulian:uldî
  • Ladin:udir
  • Piedmontese:ovir
  • Romansch:udir
  • Venetan:aldir
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal:aouir
  • Old French:oir,odir(archaic),uir,ouir
    • Middle French:ouyr,oyr
      • French:ouïr(dated)
    • Norman:ouir,ouï
    • →Middle English:oyes,oyas,oye,hoi(from the French imperative pluraloyez)
      • English:oyez
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan:oir,audir,ausir
    • Catalan:oir
  • Occitan:ausir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese:oyr
    • Asturian:oyer
    • Leonese:oyire
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:ouir,oir,oyr,ouvyr(see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish:oir
    • Ladino:oyir
    • Spanish:oír
• Borrowings:
• →Basque:aditu
• →English:audio,⇒audile
• →Esperanto:aŭdi
• →French:audio
• →Ido:audar
• →Spanish:audio
• →Swedish:audiell

See also

• auscultō

References

• “audio”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “audio”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• audioinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to know from hearsay:fando aliquid audivisse
    
  • I heard him say..:ex eo audivi, cum diceret
    
  • to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of:bene, male audire (ab aliquo)
    
  • to attend Plato's lectures:audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
    
  • to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion:ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit(Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • I admit it, say on:audio, fateor
    
• audioinRamminger, 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,page61

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatinaudiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈaw.djɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-awdjɔ
• Syllabification:au‧dio

Adjective

audio(notcomparable,indeclinable,no derived adverb)

1. (postpositive)audio

Related terms

adjectives

• audialny
• audiencjonalny
• audiencyjny

noun

• audiencja

prefix

• audio-

Further reading

• audioinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• audioin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchaudio.

Adjective

audiomorforn(indeclinable)

1. audio

Declension

Declension ofaudio(invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	audio		audio	audio	audio
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	audio		audio	audio	audio
	definite	—		—	—	—

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishaudio.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

audiom(pluralaudios)

1. audio

Further reading

• “audio”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition,Royal Spanish Academy,2014 October 16

Swedish

Noun

audiocorn(uncountable)

1. audio