foley

See also: Foley

English

Etymology

From the surname Foley, itself from Irish Ó Foghlú and Old Irish Ó Foghladha (“plunderer”).

The meanings related to sound effects are named after sound effects pioneer Jack Foley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊli/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

foley (countable and uncountable, plural foleys)

1. (uncountable, US) The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images.
2. (countable, US) A foley artist.
3. (medicine, colloquial) A Foley catheter.

Derived terms

• foley session

Translations

creation of sound effects

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: kreado de sonefektoj, sonefektofarado
• French: bruitage (fr) m
• German: Geräuschemachen n, Foley m
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 擬音 (ja)
• Polish: realizacja dźwięku f
• Portuguese: sonoplastia (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: tramp (sv) n, foley

a foley artist — see foley artist

Anagrams

• Foyle, foyle