acoustic

English

Alternative forms

• acoustick (obsolete)

Etymology

French acoustique, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστικός (akoustikos, “auditory”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

acoustic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
2. (music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.

Derived terms

• acoustically

Translations

pertaining to hearing or the science of sounds

Bulgarian: слухов (bg), акустичен (bg) Catalan: acústic (ca) Dutch: akoestisch (nl), akoestische (nl) Finnish: akustinen (fi) French: acoustique (fr) German: akustisch (de) Irish: fuaimiúil (ga), fuaime (ga)

Italian: acustico (it) Japanese: 音の (ja) (oto-no), 音響の (ja) (onkyō-no) Polish: akustyczny Portuguese: acústico (pt) Russian: акустический (ru) (akustíčeskij) Spanish: acústico (es) Swedish: akustisk (sv)

producing or produced without electrical amplification

Bulgarian: акустичен (bg) Catalan: acústic (ca) Danish: akustisk (da) Dutch: akoestisch (nl), akoestische (nl) Esperanto: akustika (eo) Finnish: akustinen (fi) French: acoustique (fr) German: akustisch (de)

Irish: fuaimiúil (ga) Italian: acustico (it) Japanese: アコースティック (ja) (akōsutikku) Polish: akustyczny Portuguese: acústico (pt) Russian: акустический (ru) (akustíčeskij) Spanish: acústico (es) Swedish: akustisk (sv)

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Serbo-Croatian: akustičan (hr) Interlingua: acustic Norwegian: akustisk Slovene: akustičen m., akustična f., akustično n.

Derived terms

• acoustics: the science of sound
• acoustic duct: the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear.
• acoustic guitar
• acoustic telegraph: a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone, notably used on ships
• acoustic vessels: brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.

Noun

acoustic (plural acoustics)

1. (medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.