voice-over

See also: voiceover

English

Alternative forms

• voiceover

Etymology

From voice +‎ over.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪsoʊvɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪsəʊvə/
• Hyphenation: voice-‧over

Noun

voice-over (plural voice-overs)

1. A production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. A voice-overed release, especially of foreign content. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. The voice audio track of such a broadcast. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
   • 2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     With Reality [Winner]’s voice-overs doing the bulk of the dramatic work, the movie depends heavily on editing to keep the action moving visually, and “Winner” may well prove to be one of the best-edited movies this year.

Derived terms

• voice-over artist

Translations

production technique

• Esperanto: ekstercena voĉo
• French: voix hors champ (fr) f or f pl
• Hungarian: hangalámondás
• Polish: szeptanka (pl) f (colloquial), tłumaczenie lektorskie n
• Russian: зака́дровый перево́д m (zakádrovyj perevód), зака́дровое озвуча́ние n (zakádrovoje ozvučánije), войсо́вер (ru) m (vojsóver)
• Spanish: voz en off, sobrevoz f, voz superpuesta f

voice-overed release

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畫外音／画外音 (zh) (huàwàiyīn)

• Dutch: voice-over (nl) m
• Estonian: pealelugemine
• Finnish: selostus (fi), selostettu ohjelma
• French: voix off (fr) f
• German: Voice-over n
• Japanese: ボイスオーバー (boisuōbā)
• Norwegian: fortellerstemme
• Polish: wersja lektorska f, wydanie lektorskie n, tłumaczenie lektorskie n, lektor (pl) m (colloquial)
• Portuguese: dublado (pt) m
• Russian: зака́дровая озву́чка f (zakádrovaja ozvúčka), войсо́вер (ru) m (vojsóver)
• Spanish: doblaje (es) m
• Swedish: lektorsdubbning (sv)
• Vietnamese: lời thuyết minh

audio track

• Finnish: selostus (fi)
• French: voix off (fr) f
• German: Offstimme f
• Maori: reo āpiti
• Polish: lektor (pl) m, ścieżka lektorska f
• Spanish: pista de doblaje f

See also

• dub, dubbing, revoice

Verb

voice-over (third-person singular simple present voice-overs, present participle voice-overing, simple past and past participle voice-overed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To supply the voice audio track for (a broadcast).

Anagrams

• overvoice