audiovisual

See also: audio-visual

English

Alternative forms

• audio-visual

Etymology

From audio- +‎ visual.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.di.əʊˈvɪ.zjʊ.əl/, /-ʒʊ.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/

Adjective

audiovisual (not comparable)

1. Containing both aural and visual elements.

   They put together a stunning audiovisual presentation, with movies and music as well as plenty of information.

Derived terms

• audiovisualist
• audiovisuality
• audiovisually
• audio-visual speech recognition

Translations

audiovisual

• Afrikaans: oudiovisueel
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܸܡܥܚܸܙܘܵܝܵܐ m (šimˁḥizwāyā), ܫܸܡܥܚܸܙܘܵܝܬܵܐ f (šimˁḥizwāytā)
• Belarusian: аўдыёвізуальны (awdyjóvizualʹny)
• Catalan: audiovisual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視聽 / 视听 (zh) (shìtīng)

• Czech: audiovizuální
• Dutch: audiovisueel (nl)
• Estonian: audiovisuaalne
• Finnish: audiovisuaalinen (fi)
• French: audiovisuel (fr)
• Galician: audiovisual (gl)
• Georgian: აუდიოვიზუალური (audiovizualuri)
• German: audiovisuell (de)
• Greek: οπτικοακουστικών (el) (optikoakoustikón)
• Hindi: श्रव्य-दृश्य (śravya-dŕśya)
• Hungarian: audiovizuális (hu)
• Indonesian: audiovisual (id)
• Italian: audiovisivo (it)
• Japanese: 視聴 (ja) (しちょう, shichō), 視聴覚 (ja) (しちょうかく, shichōkaku)
• Kazakh: дыбыс-бейне (dybys-beine), дыбыстық-бейнелік (dybystyq-beinelık)
• Khmer: សោតទស្សន៍ (sout toas)
• Korean: 시청각 (ko) (sicheonggak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: audiovisuell

  Nynorsk: audiovisuell

• Polish: słuchowo-wzrokowy (pl), audiowizualny (pl)
• Portuguese: audiovisual (pt)
• Romanian: audio-vizual
• Russian: аудиовизуа́льный (ru) (audiovizuálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: slušnovidni
• Spanish: audiovisual (es)
• Swedish: audiovisuell (sv), audiovisuel
• Tagalog: dinig-tanawin
• Urdu: سَمْعِی بَصْرِی (sam'ī basrī)
• Vietnamese: nghe nhìn, thính thị

Catalan

Etymology

From audio- +‎ visual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌaw.ði.u.βi.zuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌaw.ði.o.vi.zuˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

audiovisual m or f (masculine and feminine plural audiovisuals)

1. audiovisual

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From audio- +‎ visual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awdjobiˈswal/ [ɑw.ð̞jo.β̞iˈs̺wɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

audiovisual m or f (plural audiovisuais)

1. audiovisual

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “audiovisual” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
• “audiovisual”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English audiovisual. By surface analysis, audio +‎ visual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔau̯.di.o.fiˈsu.al/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: au‧di‧o‧vi‧su‧al

Adjective

audiovisual (not comparable)

1. audiovisual (containing both aural and visual elements)

   Synonyms: pandang dengar, lihat dengar

Noun

audiovisual (plural audiovisual-audiovisual)

1. audiovisual media

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From audio- +‎ visual.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.d͡ʒi.o.vi.zuˈaw/ [ˌaʊ̯.d͡ʒɪ.o.vi.zʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˌaw.d͡ʒjo.viˈzwaw/ [ˌaʊ̯.d͡ʒjo.viˈzwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djɔ.viˈzwal/ [ˌaw.ðjɔ.viˈzwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djɔ.viˈzwal/ [ˌaw.ðjɔ.viˈzwaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djɔ.biˈzwal/ [ˌaw.ðjɔ.βiˈzwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djɔ.viˈzwa.li/ [ˌaw.ðjɔ.viˈzwa.li]

• Hyphenation: au‧di‧o‧vi‧su‧al

Adjective

audiovisual m or f (plural audiovisuais)

1. audiovisual (containing audio and visual elements)

Derived terms

• audiovisualmente

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “audiovisual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From audio- +‎ visual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /audjobiˈswal/ [au̯.ð̞jo.β̞iˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: au‧dio‧vi‧sual

Adjective

audiovisual m or f (masculine and feminine plural audiovisuales)

1. audiovisual

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, 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