voiceunder

English

Alternative forms

• voice-under

Etymology

By analogy to voice-over.

Noun

voiceunder (plural voiceunders)

1. (cinematography) An audio track spoken or sung in the background.
   • 1984, Edith Terry, The executive guide to China, →ISBN, page 297:

     But even though English soundtracks are left intact— as sort of exotic voiceunders — the situation is dreary for the average American news junkie.

   • 1988, Adweek: Western advertising news - Volume 38, Issues 16-30, page 85:

     The commercials have a "voiceunder" reciting the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

   • 2017, Matthew Goodwin, Frederick Aldama, Latin@ Rising An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy, →ISBN:

     Underneath, something else is moving. A stream running beneath the ice. A voiceover. Or, I guess, a voiceunder.

Anagrams

• undervoice