audio

See also: Audio, áudio, àudio, aŭdio, and audio-

English

Etymology

Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.di.əʊ/
• (US, without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/, [ˈɔ.ɾi.oʊ]

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.di.oʊ/, [ˈɑ.ɾi.oʊ]
• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˈɒd.i.oʊ/, [ˈɒɾ.i.oʊ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.di.əʉ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.di.ɐʉ/

Adjective

audio (comparative more audio, superlative most audio)

1. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
   • 1955, The Educational Screen - Volume 34, page 366:

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

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

     I'm very audio, 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 more audio than visual.

Translations

focused on audible sound

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

  Mandarin: 音頻 / 音频 (zh) (yīnpín), 伴音 (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: de sonido, de audio
• Turkish: ses (tr)
• Ukrainian: а́вдіо n (ávdio), а́удіо n (áudio), звукови́й (zvukovýj)
• Vietnamese: âm thanh (vi), âm tần
• Welsh: sain (cy)

Noun

audio (usually uncountable, plural audios)

1. (uncountable) Sound, or a sound signal.
2. (countable) A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.

   I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.

   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

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

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
• audio tape
• audiotape
• audio tour
• audiotrack
• audio typing
• audio-typist
• audio typist
• audio vérité
• audiovisual
• audism
• described audio
• digital audio
• digital audio workstation
• dual audio
• edit 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

• Catalan: àudio (ca)
• Esperanto: aŭdio, sono (eo)
• Finnish: ääni (fi), audio (fi)
• Galician: audio m
• 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)
• Korean: 오디오 (odio)
• Kyrgyz: угум (ugum)
• Norman: audgo m
• Portuguese: áudio (pt) m
• Spanish: audio (es) m

See also

• video

References

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

Anagrams

• Douai

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.di.oː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: au‧dio

Noun

audio c (plural audio's, no diminutive)

1. audio

   Synonym: geluid

Derived terms

• audioapparaat
• audioapparatuur
• audiobestand
• audiocassette
• audiovisueel

Descendants

• → Indonesian: audio

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English audio).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

audio

1. (uncommon outside compounds) audio

Declension

Inflection of audio (Kotus type 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 forms of audio (Kotus type 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”, in Kielitoimiston 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–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.djo/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

audio (plural audio or audios)

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 contenu audio ou 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 of audio or video content, which, as a result, can be listened to or watched at any moment by the learner.

Derived terms

• livre audio

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch audio, from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈdio/ [au̯ˈdi.o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: au‧di‧o

Adjective

audio (comparative lebih audio, superlative paling audio)

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

Noun

audio (plural audio-audio)

1. audio: a sound, or a sound signal

Related terms

• audio mobil

Further reading

• “audio”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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

audio m (invariable)

1. sound, volume, audio

Related terms

• audio-
• auditivo
• auditorio
• audizione
• udire

See also

• video

Latin

Etymology

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

Cognates include Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to perceive”) (also originally "to render manifest"), whence English aesthetic, and ἀΐω (aḯō, “to perceive, hear”), Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”), Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”) and Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯.di.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaːu̯.di.o]

Verb

audiō (present infinitive audīre, perfect active audīvī or audiī, supine audītum); fourth conjugation

1. to hear, listen to

   Synonym: exaudiō

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 930–931:

     CRĪTŌ: Eadem haec, Chremē, / multī aliī in Andrō tum audī[vē]re.

     CRITO: These same [things], Chremes, many others in Andros heard at that time.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.219–220:

     Tālibus ōrantem dictīs ārāsque tenentem / audiit omnipotēns, [...].

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

2. to attend, pay attention to

   Audīsne mē? ― Are you listening to me?

3. to accept, agree with, obey
4. to perceive or understand, learn (by hearing)

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

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of audiō (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, audīstī, audiistī2		audīvit, audīt, audiit2		audīvimus, audīmus, audiimus2		audīvistis, audīstis, audiistis2		audīvērunt, audīrunt, audīvēre, audiērunt, audiēre2
	pluperfect	audīveram, audīram, audieram2		audīverās, audīrās, audierās2		audīverat, audīrat, audierat2		audīverāmus, audīrāmus, audierāmus2		audīverātis, audīrātis, audierātis2		audīverant, audīrant, audierant2
	future perfect	audīverō, audīrō, audierō2		audīveris, audīris, audieris2		audīverit, audīrit, audierit2		audīverimus, audīrimus, audierimus2		audīveritis, audīritis, audieritis2		audīverint, audīrint, audierint2
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 of sum
	pluperfect	audītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	audītus + future active 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, audīrim, audierim2		audīverīs, audīrīs, audierīs2		audīverit, audīrit, audierit2		audīverīmus, audīrīmus, audierīmus2		audīverītis, audīrītis, audierītis2		audīverint, audīrint, audierint2
	pluperfect	audīvissem, audīssem, audiissem2		audīvissēs, audīssēs, audiissēs2		audīvisset, audīsset, audiisset2		audīvissēmus, audīssēmus, audiissēmus2		audīvissētis, audīssētis, audiissētis2		audīvissent, audīssent, audiissent2
passive	present	audiar		audiāris, audiāre		audiātur		audiāmur		audiāminī		audiantur
	imperfect	audīrer		audīrēris, audīrēre		audīrētur		audīrēmur		audīrēminī		audīrentur
	perfect	audītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	audītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		audīre			audīrī, audīrier1			audiēns			—
future		audītūrum esse			audītum īrī			audītūrus			audiendus, audiundus
perfect		audīvisse, audīsse, audiisse2			audītum esse			—			audītus
future perfect		—			audītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		audītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		audiendī		audiendō		audiendum		audiendō		audītum		audītū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• audītiuncula
• audītōriālis
• audītōrium
• audītōrius

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: avdu, avdzãri
  • Istro-Romanian: avzi
  • Megleno-Romanian: ud, uzări
  • Romanian: auzi, auzire
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: audire, udire
  • Neapolitan: audì
  • Sicilian: audìri
  • Venetan: aldir
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: uldî
  • Ladin: udir
  • Romansch: udir
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: ovir
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: aouir
  • Old Catalan: oir, audir, ausir
    • Catalan: oir
  • 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 plural oyez)
      • English: oyez
  • Old Occitan: audir
    • Occitan: ausir, audir (Gascony, Nissard), auvir (Limousin)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ouir, oir, oyr, ouvyr (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Leonese: oyr
    • Asturian: oyer
    • Leonese: oyire
  • Old Spanish: oir
    • Ladino: oyir
    • Spanish: oír
• Borrowings:
  • → Basque: aditu
  • ⇒ Dutch: horribile auditu
  • → English: → audio, ⇒ audile
  • → Esperanto: aŭdi
  • → French: audio
  • → Ido: audar
  • → Italian: audio
  • → Spanish: audio
  • → Swedish: audiell

See also

• auscultō

References

• “audio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “audio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “audio”, in Gaffiot, 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
    
• audio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (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, page 61
• https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-dictionary-flexion.php?lemma=AUDIO100
• https://glosbe.com/la/en/audientes
• https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/noun/2928/?h=audientes

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.djɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awdjɔ
• Syllabification: au‧dio

Adjective

audio (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

1. (postpositive) audio

Related terms

adjectives

• audialny
• audiencjonalny
• audiencyjny

noun

• audiencja

prefix

• audio-

Further reading

• audio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• audio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French audio.

Adjective

audio m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. audio

Declension

Declension of audio (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

Borrowed from English audio.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

audio m (plural audios)

1. audio
2. voice message

Further reading

• “audio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Noun

audio c or n (uncountable)

1. audio