podcast

See also: Podcast

English

WOTD – 13 February 2023

Etymology

Two podcasters about to record an episode of a podcast (sense 1).

Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) +‎ broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒdkɑːst/, /-kæst/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, /ˈpɔd-/
• Rhymes: (RP) -ɒdkɑːst, (RP) -ɒdkæst, (GA) -ɑdkæst, (GA) -ɔdkæst
• Hyphenation: pod‧cast

Noun

podcast (plural podcasts)

2. A programme, especially an audio programme, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones. [from early 21st c.]

   Synonym: blogcast

   • 2007, Andy [J. Williams] Affleck, “Plan Your Podcast”, in Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac, Berkeley, Calif.: Peachpit Press, →ISBN; republished in “Plan Your Podcast”, in Take Control of Podcasting (1.0), San Diego, Calif.: Alt Concepts, 2020, →ISBN:

     There's no restriction for what a podcast should and should not be. Of course, if you cover all these topics and more, you may find it harder to find an audience than if you focus on a narrower range and cover it well. Finding listeners is simpler if your podcast can be summarized in a sentence. More people will sample your show if it fits in a category in a podcast directory—like that found in the iTunes Store—than if it ends up lumped in a generic catch-all list.

   • 2016, Matthew Anniss, Create Your Own Podcast, Capstone, →ISBN, page 20:

     Try listening to a mix of well-known podcasts. You'll soon find that the best always feature hosts that have their own unique voice.

3. (loosely) An individual episode of such a programme.

Usage notes

In precise usage, the term podcast refers to the programme itself, whereas each individual audio recording is referred to as an episode; in broad usage, metonymy blurs this distinction (as it also does with analogous terms such as broadcast and television show).

Hypernyms

• audiocast
• netcast
• webcast

Hyponyms

• egocast
• godcast, Godcast
• shortcast

Coordinate terms

• vidcast
• videocast
• vodcast

Derived terms

• PodAd
• podcat
• podcatcher
• podfading
• podosphere
• vodcast

 

Related terms

• podcatch
• podcatching

Translations

type of audio programme

• Afrikaans: potgooi (af), podsending
• Arabic: بُودْكَاسْت‎ m (būdkāst) پُودْكَاسْت‎ m (pūdkāst)
• Armenian: փոդքասթ (pʿodkʿastʿ)
• Azerbaijani: podkast
• Belarusian: падка́ст m (padkást)
• Bengali: পডকাস্ট (poḍokasṭ)
• Bulgarian: по́дкаст m (pódkast)
• Burmese: ပေါ့တ်ကာစ် (paut.kac)
• Catalan: pòdcast m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 播客 (zh) (bōkè) (chiefly Mainland China)

• Czech: podcast (cs) m
• Danish: podcast c or n
• Dutch: podcast (nl) m
• Esperanto: podkasto
• Estonian: taskuhääling
• Faroese: poddvarp n, tøkuvarp n
• Finnish: podcast (fi), ääniohjelma, puheohjelma (fi)
• French: podcast (fr) m, balado (fr) f (Quebec)
• Georgian: პოდკასტი (ṗodḳasṭi)
• German: Podcast (de) m, Audio-Internetsendung f
• Greek: πόντκαστ n (póntkast)
• Hawaiian: hoʻolele hualono
• Hebrew: פוֹדְקַאסט‎ m (pódkast), הֶסְכֵּת‎ (he) m (heskét), תַּסְכִּית‎ m (taskít)
• Hindi: पॉडकास्ट m (pŏḍkāsṭ)
• Hungarian: podcast (hu) m
• Icelandic: hlaðvarp n, netvarp n
• Ido: podkasto (io)
• Indonesian: siniar
• Irish: podchraol
• Italian: podcast (it) m
• Japanese: ポッドキャスト (poddokyasuto)
• Kazakh: подкаст (podkast)
• Korean: 팟캐스트 (patkaeseuteu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: podcast (ku) f, podkast (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: подкаст (podkast)
• Latvian: podkāsts m, raidieraksts m
• Lithuanian: podkastas m, tinklalaidė f
• Macedonian: по́ткаст m (pótkast)
• Malay: siniar
• Maori: pāhorangi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: podcast m, podkast m

• Persian: پادکست‎ (fa) (pâdkast)
• Polish: podcast (pl) m, słuchowisko (pl) n
• Portuguese: podcast m
• Romanian: podcast n
• Russian: подка́ст (ru) m (podkást)
• Scottish Gaelic: pod-chraoladh m
• Spanish: podcast (es) m, pódcast (es) m
• Swedish: podcast (sv) c, podd (sv) c, poddsändning c
• Tajik: подкаст (podkast)
• Thai: พอดแคสต์ (pɔ̀ɔt-kɛ́ɛs), พอดคาสต์ (pɔ̀ɔt-káas)
• Turkish: podcast
• Ukrainian: подка́ст (uk) m (podkást)
• Urdu: پوڈکاسٹ‎ m (pōḍkāsṭ)
• Uyghur: پودكەست‎ (podkest)
• Uzbek: podkast
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: podlediad m
• Yiddish: פּאָדקאַסט‎ (podkast)

individual episode of such a programme

• Catalan: pòdcast m
• Finnish: podcast-jakso, ääniohjelman jakso, puheohjelman jakso
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: podcast (sv) c, podd (sv) c, podcastepisod c

Verb

podcast (third-person singular simple present podcasts, present participle podcasting, simple past and past participle podcasted or podcast)

1. (transitive) To deliver (information) in the form of a programme, especially an audio programme, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones. [from early 21st c.]
2. (intransitive) To deliver a programme, especially an audio programme, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones. [from early 21st c.]

Derived terms

• podcastable
• podcaster
• podcasting (noun)

Translations

to deliver (information) in the form of a programme over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: lähettää podcastina, podcastata
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pāhorangi
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: podcasta, podda
• Welsh: podledu

to deliver a programme over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices

• Finnish: lähettää podcastia, podcastata
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: podcasta, podda

Further reading

• podcast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• podcats

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English podcast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpodkɑst/, [ˈpo̞dkɑ̝s̠t]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpodkæst/, [ˈpo̞dk̟æs̠t]
• Syllabification^(key): pod‧cast

Noun

podcast

1. podcast

   Synonyms: ääniohjelma, puheohjelma

Declension

Inflection of podcast (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		podcast	podcastit
genitive		podcastin	podcastien
partitive		podcastia	podcasteja
illative		podcastiin	podcasteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		podcast	podcastit
accusative	nom.	podcast	podcastit
	gen.	podcastin
genitive		podcastin	podcastien
partitive		podcastia	podcasteja
inessive		podcastissa	podcasteissa
elative		podcastista	podcasteista
illative		podcastiin	podcasteihin
adessive		podcastilla	podcasteilla
ablative		podcastilta	podcasteilta
allative		podcastille	podcasteille
essive		podcastina	podcasteina
translative		podcastiksi	podcasteiksi
abessive		podcastitta	podcasteitta
instructive		—	podcastein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of podcast (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative podcastini podcastini accusative nom. podcastini podcastini gen. podcastini genitive podcastini podcastieni partitive podcastiani podcastejani inessive podcastissani podcasteissani elative podcastistani podcasteistani illative podcastiini podcasteihini adessive podcastillani podcasteillani ablative podcastiltani podcasteiltani allative podcastilleni podcasteilleni essive podcastinani podcasteinani translative podcastikseni podcasteikseni abessive podcastittani podcasteittani instructive — — comitative — podcasteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative podcastisi podcastisi accusative nom. podcastisi podcastisi gen. podcastisi genitive podcastisi podcastiesi partitive podcastiasi podcastejasi inessive podcastissasi podcasteissasi elative podcastistasi podcasteistasi illative podcastiisi podcasteihisi adessive podcastillasi podcasteillasi ablative podcastiltasi podcasteiltasi allative podcastillesi podcasteillesi essive podcastinasi podcasteinasi translative podcastiksesi podcasteiksesi abessive podcastittasi podcasteittasi instructive — — comitative — podcasteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative podcastimme podcastimme accusative nom. podcastimme podcastimme gen. podcastimme genitive podcastimme podcastiemme partitive podcastiamme podcastejamme inessive podcastissamme podcasteissamme elative podcastistamme podcasteistamme illative podcastiimme podcasteihimme adessive podcastillamme podcasteillamme ablative podcastiltamme podcasteiltamme allative podcastillemme podcasteillemme essive podcastinamme podcasteinamme translative podcastiksemme podcasteiksemme abessive podcastittamme podcasteittamme instructive — — comitative — podcasteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative podcastinne podcastinne accusative nom. podcastinne podcastinne gen. podcastinne genitive podcastinne podcastienne partitive podcastianne podcastejanne inessive podcastissanne podcasteissanne elative podcastistanne podcasteistanne illative podcastiinne podcasteihinne adessive podcastillanne podcasteillanne ablative podcastiltanne podcasteiltanne allative podcastillenne podcasteillenne essive podcastinanne podcasteinanne translative podcastiksenne podcasteiksenne abessive podcastittanne podcasteittanne instructive — — comitative — podcasteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative podcastinsa podcastinsa accusative nom. podcastinsa podcastinsa gen. podcastinsa genitive podcastinsa podcastiensa partitive podcastiaan podcastiansa podcastejaan podcastejansa inessive podcastissaan podcastissansa podcasteissaan podcasteissansa elative podcastistaan podcastistansa podcasteistaan podcasteistansa illative podcastiinsa podcasteihinsa adessive podcastillaan podcastillansa podcasteillaan podcasteillansa ablative podcastiltaan podcastiltansa podcasteiltaan podcasteiltansa allative podcastilleen podcastillensa podcasteilleen podcasteillensa essive podcastinaan podcastinansa podcasteinaan podcasteinansa translative podcastikseen podcastiksensa podcasteikseen podcasteiksensa abessive podcastittaan podcastittansa podcasteittaan podcasteittansa instructive — — comitative — podcasteineen podcasteinensa

Further reading

• “podcast”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English podcast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔd.kast/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

podcast m (plural podcasts)

1. (Internet, neologism) podcast

   Synonym: (Quebec) balado

Derived terms

• podcaster

Hungarian

Etymology

From English podcast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotkɒst], [ˈpotkɛst]
• Hyphenation: pod‧cast
• Rhymes: -ɒst, -ɛst

Noun

podcast (plural podcastok or podcastek)

1. (Internet) podcast (audio programme produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	podcast	podcastok
accusative	podcastot	podcastokat
dative	podcastnak	podcastoknak
instrumental	podcasttal	podcastokkal
causal-final	podcastért	podcastokért
translative	podcasttá	podcastokká
terminative	podcastig	podcastokig
essive-formal	podcastként	podcastokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	podcastban	podcastokban
superessive	podcaston	podcastokon
adessive	podcastnál	podcastoknál
illative	podcastba	podcastokba
sublative	podcastra	podcastokra
allative	podcasthoz	podcastokhoz
elative	podcastból	podcastokból
delative	podcastról	podcastokról
ablative	podcasttól	podcastoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	podcasté	podcastoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	podcastéi	podcastokéi

Possessive forms of podcast
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	podcastom	podcastjaim
2nd person sing.	podcastod	podcastjaid
3rd person sing.	podcastja	podcastjai
1st person plural	podcastunk	podcastjaink
2nd person plural	podcastotok	podcastjaitok
3rd person plural	podcastjuk	podcastjaik

or:

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	podcast	podcastek
accusative	podcastet	podcasteket
dative	podcastnek	podcasteknek
instrumental	podcasttel	podcastekkel
causal-final	podcastért	podcastekért
translative	podcastté	podcastekké
terminative	podcastig	podcastekig
essive-formal	podcastként	podcastekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	podcastben	podcastekben
superessive	podcasten	podcasteken
adessive	podcastnél	podcasteknél
illative	podcastbe	podcastekbe
sublative	podcastre	podcastekre
allative	podcasthez	podcastekhez
elative	podcastből	podcastekből
delative	podcastről	podcastekről
ablative	podcasttől	podcastektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	podcasté	podcasteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	podcastéi	podcastekéi

Possessive forms of podcast
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	podcastem	podcastjeim
2nd person sing.	podcasted	podcastjeid
3rd person sing.	podcastje	podcastjei
1st person plural	podcastünk	podcastjeink
2nd person plural	podcastetek	podcastjeitek
3rd person plural	podcastjük	podcastjeik

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English podcast.

Noun

podcast m (invariable)

1. podcast

Polish

Alternative forms

• podkast

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English podcast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔt.kast/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔtkast
• Syllabification: pod‧cast

Noun

podcast m inan

1. (Internet) podcast (programme produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices)

Declension

Declension of podcast

	singular	plural
nominative	podcast	podcasty
genitive	podcastu	podcastów
dative	podcastowi	podcastom
accusative	podcast	podcasty
instrumental	podcastem	podcastami
locative	podcaście	podcastach
vocative	podcaście	podcasty

Derived terms

verb

• podcastować impf

 

Related terms

noun

• podcasting

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English podcast.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpo.d͡ʒiˈkɛs.t͡ʃi/, /ˌpɔ.d͡ʒiˈkɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpo.d͡ʒiˈkɛs.t͡ʃi/, /ˌpɔ.d͡ʒiˈkɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌpo.d͡ʒiˈkɛʃ.t͡ʃi/, /ˌpɔ.d͡ʒiˈkɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpo.d͡ʒiˈkɛs.te/, /ˌpɔ.d͡ʒiˈkɛs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.dɨˈkas.tɨ/ [ˌpɔ.ðɨˈkas.tɨ], /ˌpɔ.dɨˈkɛs.tɨ/ [ˌpɔ.ðɨˈkɛs.tɨ]

Noun

podcast m (plural podcasts)

1. podcast (audio program delivered over the Internet)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pódcast

Etymology

Borrowed from English podcast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /podˈkast/ [poð̞ˈkast̪]
• Rhymes: -ast
• Syllabification: pod‧cast

Noun

podcast m (plural podcast or podcasts)

1. podcast

Swedish

Noun

podcast c

1. a podcast (show, or episode)

   Synonym: podd

Declension

Declension of podcast
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	podcast	podcasten	podcasts, podcaster	podcasterna
Genitive	podcasts	podcastens	podcasts, podcasters	podcasternas

Related terms

• podcasta

References

• podcast in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• podcast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English podcast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /podˈcest/
• Hyphenation: pod‧kast
• Rhymes: -est

Noun

podcast (definite accusative podcasti, plural podcastler)

1. podcast

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	podcast
Definite accusative	podcasti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	podcast	podcastler
Definite accusative	podcasti	podcastleri
Dative	podcaste	podcastlere
Locative	podcastte	podcastlerde
Ablative	podcastten	podcastlerden
Genitive	podcastin	podcastlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular podcastim podcastlerim 2nd singular podcastin podcastlerin 3rd singular podcasti podcastleri 1st plural podcastimiz podcastlerimiz 2nd plural podcastiniz podcastleriniz 3rd plural podcastleri podcastleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular podcastimi podcastlerimi 2nd singular podcastini podcastlerini 3rd singular podcastini podcastlerini 1st plural podcastimizi podcastlerimizi 2nd plural podcastinizi podcastlerinizi 3rd plural podcastlerini podcastlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular podcastime podcastlerime 2nd singular podcastine podcastlerine 3rd singular podcastine podcastlerine 1st plural podcastimize podcastlerimize 2nd plural podcastinize podcastlerinize 3rd plural podcastlerine podcastlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular podcastimde podcastlerimde 2nd singular podcastinde podcastlerinde 3rd singular podcastinde podcastlerinde 1st plural podcastimizde podcastlerimizde 2nd plural podcastinizde podcastlerinizde 3rd plural podcastlerinde podcastlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular podcastimden podcastlerimden 2nd singular podcastinden podcastlerinden 3rd singular podcastinden podcastlerinden 1st plural podcastimizden podcastlerimizden 2nd plural podcastinizden podcastlerinizden 3rd plural podcastlerinden podcastlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular podcastimin podcastlerimin 2nd singular podcastinin podcastlerinin 3rd singular podcastinin podcastlerinin 1st plural podcastimizin podcastlerimizin 2nd plural podcastinizin podcastlerinizin 3rd plural podcastlerinin podcastlerinin