hátalari

Icelandic

Etymology

From hátt (“loud”) +‎ tala (“to talk, to speak”) +‎ -ari (“-er”), a calque of English loudspeaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhauːtʰaːlarɪ/

Noun

hátalari m (genitive singular hátalara, nominative plural hátalarar)

1. loudspeaker, speaker

   Synonym: (very rare) gellir

Declension

Declension of hátalari (masculine, based on -ari)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hátalari	hátalarinn	hátalarar	hátalararnir
accusative	hátalara	hátalarann	hátalara	hátalarana
dative	hátalara	hátalaranum	hátölurum	hátölurunum
genitive	hátalara	hátalarans	hátalara	hátalaranna

Derived terms

• fjölhólfahátalari (“multicellular loudspeaker”)
• hátalarakerfi (“a speaker system”)
• hátalarasamtæða (“multichannel loudspeaker, composite loudspeaker”)
• hornhátalari (“horn loudspeaker”)
• jónhátalari (“ionic loudspeaker”)
• keiluhátalari (“cone loudspeaker”)
• kristalhátalari (“piezoelectric loudspeaker”)
• rafhreyfihátalari (“moving-conductor loudspeaker, electrodynamic loudspeaker, moving-coil loudspeaker”)
• rafsegulhátalari (“electromagnetic loudspeaker, moving-iron loudspeaker”)
• rafstöðuhátalari (“electrostatic loudspeaker, condenser loudspeaker”)
• segulherpihátalari (“magnetostriction loudspeaker”)
• þéttishátalari (“electrostatic loudspeaker, condenser loudspeaker”)
• þrýstiloftshátalari (“pneumatic loudspeaker”)
• þrýstirafhátalari (“piezoelectric loudspeaker”)

See also

• heyrnartól
• hljóðnemi
• útvarp