MP3

MP3

English

Noun

MP3 (plural MP3s)

1. A digital sound recording in MP3 format; a song file.

Proper noun

MP3

1. (computing, audio, software) MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.

Related terms

• MP4

Translations

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3

Arabic: إِم بِي ثْرِي‎ m (ʾem bī ṯrī), إم بي 3‎ m (ʾem bī ṯrī), إم بي 3‎ m (ʾem bī ṯalāṯa), إم بي ٣‎ m (ʾem bī ṯrī), إم بي ٣‎ m (ʾem bī ṯalāṯa), MP3 m (ʾem bī ṯrī), MP3 m (ʾem bī ṯalāṯa), إِم بِي ثَلَاثَة‎ m (ʾem bī ṯalāṯa) Chinese: Mandarin: MP3 (zh) Czech: MP3 f Dutch: mp3 (nl) m Finnish: MP3 (fi) German: MP3 (de) n (emm-pee-drei) Greek: έμ-πι-θρί (ém-pi-thrí), έμ-πι-τρία (ém-pi-tría), MP3 Hindi: एम् पी ३ (em pī 3), एम् पी थ्री (em pī thrī), MP3 Japanese: エムピースリー (emu-pī-surī), MP3 (ja) Korean: 엠피쓰리 (empisseuri), MP3 (ko) Persian: ام‌پی‌تری‎ (em-pi-teri) Polish: MP3 (pl) n Portuguese: MP3 (pt) m Russian: эм-пи-три́ m (em-pi-trí), MP3 m Thai: เอ็มพีสาม (em pee săam), เอ็มพี๓ (em pee săam), เอ็มพี 3 (em pee săam), MP3 (MP3) Turkish: MP3 (em-pi-üç)

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Chinese

Etymology

Partial calque of English MP3. From English MP3 + 三 (sān, “three”). Compare Thai เอ็มพีสาม (em-pii-sǎam) < English MP3 + สาม (sǎam, “three”) ( < Middle Chinese 三 (MC sɑm)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áimu-pì-sān

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ ㄆㄧˋ ㄙㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): em¹ pi¹ saam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: MP3
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ ㄆㄧˋ ㄙㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áimůpìsan
    • Wade–Giles: ai²-mu⁵-pʻi⁴-san¹
    • Yale: ái-mu-pì-sān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air.mupihsan
    • Palladius: аймуписань (ajmupisanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵ mu³ pʰi⁵¹ sän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: em¹ pi¹ saam¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: em¹ pi¹ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ém¹ pi¹ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːm⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵/

Noun

MP3

1. MP3
2. Short for MP3播放器 (áimu-pì-sān bōfàngqì).
3. Short for MP3播放機／MP3播放机 (áimu-pì-sān bōfàngjī).

Related terms

• MP4 (áimu-pì-sì)

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Portuguese

Noun

MP3 m (invariable)

1. MP3 player

   Synonym: (Brazil) tocador de MP3