audio

For audio in Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Audio.

See also audio-, and áudio

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin audiō (“hear, listen”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɔː.di.əʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/
• (cot–caught merger, northern cities vowel shift) IPA: /ˈɑ.di.oʊ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

audio (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to audible sound.
2. Of or relating to the broadcasting or reproduction of sound, especially high-fidelity reproduction.

Translations

of or relating to audible sound

• Arabic: سمعي (ar) (sama`iy), أوديو (ar) ('uudyu)
• Catalan: àudio (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 音頻 (cmn), 音频 (cmn) (yīnpín), 伴音 (cmn) (bànyīn)

• Estonian: heli- (et), kuuldav (et)
• Finnish: ääni- (fi), audio- (fi)
• French: audio (fr)
• German: Audio- (de)
• Greek: ήχου (el) (íchou)
• Haitian Creole: odyo
• Hebrew: שמע (he) (shamâ)
• Hungarian: hang- (hu)

• Irish: fuaim (ga)
• Japanese: オーディオ (ja) (ōdio)
• Korean: 오디오 (ko) (odio)
• Maltese: awdjo (mt)
• Portuguese: áudio (pt) m
• Romanian: audio (ro)
• Russian: аудио- (ru) (áudio-), звуковой (ru) (zvukovój)
• Serbo-Croatian: zvučni (sh), audio (sh)
• Spanish: de sonido (es), de audio (es)
• Turkish: ses (tr)
• Vietnamese: âm thanh (vi)
• Welsh: sain (cy)

of or relating to the broadcasting or reproduction of sound

• Arabic: سمعي (ar) (sama`iy), أوديو (ar) ('uudyu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 音頻 (cmn), 音频 (cmn) (yīnpín), 伴音 (cmn) (bànyīn)

• Estonian: heli- (et), kuuldav (et)
• Finnish: ääni- (fi), audio- (fi)
• French: audio (fr)
• German: Audio- (de)

• Japanese: オーディオ (ja) (ōdio)
• Portuguese: áudio (pt)
• Russian: аудио- (ru) (áudio-)
• Scottish Gaelic: claisneach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: čujan (sh)
• Turkish: ses (tr)
• Vietnamese: âm thanh (vi)

Noun

audio (usually uncountable; plural audios)

1. A sound, or a sound signal
   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, New York Times:

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

Translations

a sound or a sound signal

• Finnish: ääni (fi), audio (fi)
• Jèrriais: audgo m

• Spanish: audio (es) m

Related terms

sound or signal

audio- audiobook audio-visual

auditive audible audio commentary audio file

See also

• video

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Italian

Adjective

audio (invariable)

1. audio

Noun

audio m (invariable)

1. sound, volume, audio

Related terms

• audio-
• auditivo
• auditorio
• audizione
• udire

See also

• video

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”). Cognates include Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthanomai, “to perceive”), Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”) and Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈau.di.oː/

Verb

present active audiō, present infinitive audīre, perfect active audīvī, supine audītum.

1. I hear, listen.
2. I attend, pay attention to.

   Audisne me?

   Are you listening to me?

3. I accept, agree with, obey.

Inflection

Fourth Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	audiō	audīs	audit	audīmus	audītis	audiunt
	future	audiam	audiēs	audiet	audiēmus	audiētis	audient
	imperfect	audiēbam	audiēbās	audiēbat	audiēbāmus	audiēbātis	audiēbant
	perfect	audīvī	audīvistī	audīvit	audīvimus	audīvistis	audīvērunt
	future perfect	audīverō	audīveris	audīverit	audīverimus	audīveritis	audīverint
	pluperfect	audīveram	audīverās	audīverat	audīverāmus	audīverātis	audīverant
passive	present	audior	audīris	audītur	audīmur	audīminī	audiuntur
	future	audiar	audiēris	audiētur	audiēmur	audiēminī	audientur
	imperfect	audiēbar	audiēbāris	audiēbātur	audiēbāmur	audiēbāminī	audiēbantur
	perfect	Use audītus m, audīta f, audītum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use audītus m, audīta f, audītum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use audītus m, audīta f, audītum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
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	audīverīs	audīverit	audīverīmus	audīverītis	audīverint
	pluperfect	audīvissem	audīvissēs	audīvisset	audīvissēmus	audīvissētis	audīvissent
passive	present	audiar	audiāris	audiātur	audiāmur	audiāminī	audiantur
	imperfect	audīrer	audīrēris	audīrētur	audīrēmur	audīrēminī	audīrentur
	perfect	Use audītus m, audīta f, audītum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use audītus m, audīta f, audītum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	audī	audītō	audītō	audīre	audītor	audītor
	plural	audīte	audītōte	audiuntō	audīminī	—	audiuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		audīre	audīvisse	audītūrus esse	audīrī	audītus esse	audītum īrī
participles		audiēns (audientis)	—	audītūrus-ra, -rum	—	audītus-a, -um	audiendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

audiēns audientia audītiō

audītor audītus exaudiō

inaudiō obaudiō subaudiō

Related terms

audītiuncula audītōriālis

audītōrium audītōrius

Descendants

Aromanian: avdu Catalan: oir English: audio, audit French: ouïr Galician: oír Italian: udire

Occitan: ausir Portuguese: ouvir Romanian: auzi Romansch: udir Spanish: oír

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Spanish

Noun

audio m (plural audios)

1. audio

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Swedish

Noun

audio (uncountable)

1. audio