dub

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌb

Etymology 1

From a Late Old English (11th century) word dubban (“to knight by striking with a sword”) perhaps borrowed from Old French aduber, adober "equip with arms; adorn" (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), of uncertain origin, but possibly from a Frankish *dubban, cognate with Icelandic dubba (dubba til riddara). Compare also drub for an English reflex of the Germanic word.

The modern sense of "to name" is from the 1590s.

Verb

dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)

1. (transitive) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword.
2. (transitive) Hence, to name, to entitle, to call.

   A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. Alexander Pope

Translations

to confer knighthood

Bulgarian: посвещавам (bg) Dutch: tot ridder slaan (nl) Finnish: lyödä ritariksi (fi)

French: adouber (fr) Russian: посвящать в рыцари

to name, to entitle, to call

Bulgarian: наричам (bg) Finnish: nimittää (fi), kutsua (fi) French: reconnaître (fr) (en tant que...)

Russian: дать прозвище или кличку, окрестить Spanish: apodar (es)

Etymology 2

From a shortening of the word double.

Verb

dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)

1. To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
2. To copy the audio track onto a film.
3. To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
4. To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.

Derived terms

• overdub

Translations

to make a copy from an original or master audio tape

Arabic: انتسخ (ar) (intásakha), نسخ (ar) (násakha) Chinese: Mandarin: 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

Finnish: kopioida (fi) Japanese: 写す (ja) (うつす, utsusu), コピーする (ja) (kopī-suru) Russian: дублировать (ru) (dublírovat’) impf., копировать (ru) (kopírovat’) impf.

to copy the audio track onto a film

Finnish: jälkiäänittää, dubata Hungarian: szinkronizál (hu)

Russian: дублировать (ru) (dublírovat’) impf.

to replace soundtrack with translation

Chinese: Mandarin: 配音 (cmn) (pèiyīn) Czech: dabovat (cs) Finnish: dubata (fi) French: doubler (fr) German: synchronisieren (de)

Greek: μεταγλωττίζω (el) Hungarian: szinkronizál (hu) Italian: doppiare (it) Japanese: 吹き替える (ja) (ふきかえる, fukikaeru) Portuguese: dublar (pt) Russian: дублировать (ru) (dublírovat’) impf. Thai: พากย์ (th) (pâak)

to mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix

Finnish: sämplätä (fi)

Noun

dub (uncountable)

1. (music) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
2. (music) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
3. (music) A growing trend of music from 2009 to current in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.

Derived terms

• dub ska
• overdub
• dubstep

Etymology 3

Noun

dub (plural dubs)

1. (slang) A twenty dollar sack of marijuana.
2. (slang) Wheel rims measuring 20 inches or more.

Anagrams

• BDU
• bud, Bud

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dup/

Noun

dub m., inanimate

1. oak, oak tree

Declension

    declension of dub

	singular	plural
nominative	dub	duby
genitive	dubu	dubů
dative	dubu	dubům
accusative	dub	duby
vocative	dube	duby
locative	dubu	dubech
instrumental	dubem	duby

Derived terms

• dub balkánský
• dub cer
• dub červený
• dub letní
• dub pýřitý
• dub slovenský
• dub zimní

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰanw-.

Noun

dub m. (Cyrillic spelling дуб)

1. oak (wood)
2. (archaic) oak tree

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Slovak

Noun

dub m.

1. oak, oak tree

Declension

    declension of dub

	singular	plural
nominative	dub	duby
genitive	duba, dubu	dubov
dative	dubu	dubom
accusative	dub	duby
locative	dube	duboch
instrumental	dubom	dubmi, dubami

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Volapük

Preposition

dub

1. by