audible

English

Etymology

From Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔədibl̩/

Adjective

audible (comparative more audible, superlative most audible)

1. Able to be heard.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

     "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]

Antonyms

• inaudible

Derived terms

audibly audibility

Related terms

audio auditory

Translations

being able to be heard

• Arabic: مسموع (ar)
• Bulgarian: чуваем (bg) (čuvaem), доловим (bg) (dolovim)
• Catalan: oïble (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聽得見的 (cmn), 听得见的 (cmn) (tīng dé jiàn de)

• Czech: slyšitelný (cs) m
• Dutch: hoorbaar (nl)
• Finnish: kuuluva (fi)
• French: audible (fr)

• German: hörbar (de)
• Hungarian: hallható (hu)
• Japanese: 可聴な (ja) (かちょうな, kachō na), 聞こえる (ja) (きこえる, kikoeru)
• Latin: audibilis (la)
• Macedonian: чуен (mk) (čúen) m
• Manx: so-chlashtyn (gv)
• Portuguese: audível (pt)
• Romanian: auzibil (ro)
• Russian: слышный (ru) (slýšnyj), слышимый (ru) (slýšimyj)
• Spanish: oíble (es), audible (es)

Verb

audible (third-person singular simple present audibles, present participle audibling, simple past and past participle audibled)

1. (intransitive, American football) To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

   The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.

Noun

audible (plural audibles)

1. (American football) The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

   The audible changed the play to a run.

Antonyms

• inaudible

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French

Adjective

audible (masculine and feminine, plural audibles)

1. audible

Derived terms

• audiblement

Antonyms

• inaudible