inaudible
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective[edit]
inaudible (not comparable)
- Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.
- Synonyms: quiet, silent, soundless, voiceless
- Antonyms: audible, loud, vocal
- Dogs can hear this whistle, but for people it is inaudible.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 267:
- At first his voice was almost inaudible; but soon the spirit mastered the body, and his hollow but distinct tones gained a supernatural strength.
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Translations[edit]
unable to be heard
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inaudible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaudibles)
Further reading[edit]
- “inaudible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inaudible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “inaudible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inaudible (plural inaudibles)
- inaudible (unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard)
- Synonym: audible
- (derogatory) unlistenable (very unpleasant to listen to)
- Synonym: (rare) inécoutable
- Antonym: qui s’écoute
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “inaudible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inaudible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaudibles)
Further reading[edit]
- “inaudible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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