audio

audio

See also: Audio, áudio, àudio, aŭdio, and audio-

For audio in Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Audio.

English

Etymology

Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.di.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.di.oʊ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

audio (comparative more audio, superlative most audio)

1. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
   • 1955, The Educational Screen - Volume 34, page 366:

     If you're more audio than visual, tune in on the "A-V Soap Opera" (page 375).

   • 1997, Arthur Myers, Communicating With Animals, →ISBN:

     I'm very audio, so I hear words.

   • 2010, Dick Lyles, Pearls of Perspicacity, →ISBN:

     For example, if the person uses visual predicates such as “I see” or “I can't picture that,” the most powerful influencers will respond by saying “Let me show you,” as opposed to “let me explain,” the latter predicate being more audio than visual.

Translations

focused on audible sound

Arabic: سَمْعِيّ‎ (samʿiyy), أُودْيُو‎ (ʾūdyū) Catalan: àudio (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 音頻／音频 (zh) (yīnpín), 伴音 (bànyīn) Estonian: heli-, kuuldav Finnish: ääni-, audio- French: audio (fr) German: Audio- Greek: ήχου (el) (íchou), ηχητικός (el) (ichitikós), ακουστικός (el) (akoustikós) Haitian Creole: odyo Hebrew: שמע‎ (he) (shamâ) Hungarian: hang- (hu) Irish: fuaim (ga) Japanese: オーディオ (ōdio) Korean: 오디오 (odio) Kyrgyz: угум (ugum) Maltese: awdjo Maori: ororongo Polish: audio (pl) (postpostive) Portuguese: auditivo (pt) Romanian: audio (ro) Russian: а́удио- (ru) (áudio-), звуково́й (ru) (zvukovój) Serbo-Croatian: zvučni, audio Spanish: de sonido, de audio Turkish: ses (tr) Ukrainian: а́вдіо n (ávdio), а́удіо n (áudio), звукови́й (zvukovýj) Vietnamese: âm thanh (vi), âm tần Welsh: sain (cy)

Noun

audio (usually uncountable, plural audios)

1. A sound, or a sound signal
   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times‎:

     Others wryly illustrate appropriated audios, like instructions for quacking like a duck or a letter from an angry airline passenger.

Derived terms

• audio book
• audio-book
• audio cassette
• audio CD
• audio coil
• audio-description
• audio DVD
• audio frequency
• audio guide
• audio mastering
• audio play
• audio tape
• audio tour
• audio typing
• audio typist
• audio-typist
• audio vérité
• audio-visual
• dual audio

 

Related terms

sound or signal

• audible
• audio-
• audiobook
• audio commentary
• audio description
• audio file
• audiovisual
• audition
• auditive
• auditory

Translations

a sound or a sound signal

Esperanto: aŭdio, sono (eo) Finnish: ääni (fi), audio (fi) Galician: audio m Greek: ήχος (el) (íchos) Hungarian: hanganyag (hu) Kyrgyz: угум (ugum) Norman: audgo m Portuguese: áudio (pt) m Spanish: audio (es) m

See also

• video

References

“audio”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• Douai

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.di.oː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: au‧dio

Noun

audio c (plural audio's)

1. audio.

   Synonym: geluid

Descendants

• → Indonesian: audio

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English audio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯dio/, [ˈɑu̯dio̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑudio
• Syllabification^(key): au‧di‧o

Noun

audio

1. (uncommon outside compounds) audio

Declension

Inflection of audio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		audio	audiot
genitive		audion	audioiden audioitten
partitive		audiota	audioita
illative		audioon	audioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		audio	audiot
accusative	nom.	audio	audiot
	gen.	audion
genitive		audion	audioiden audioitten
partitive		audiota	audioita
inessive		audiossa	audioissa
elative		audiosta	audioista
illative		audioon	audioihin
adessive		audiolla	audioilla
ablative		audiolta	audioilta
allative		audiolle	audioille
essive		audiona	audioina
translative		audioksi	audioiksi
instructive		—	audioin
abessive		audiotta	audioitta
comitative		—	audioineen

Possessive forms of audio (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	audioni	audiomme
2nd person	audiosi	audionne
3rd person	audionsa

Synonyms

• ääni

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.djo/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

audio

1. audio
   • 2011, Christian Depover; Thierry Karsenti, Enseigner avec les technologies: Favoriser les apprentissages, développer des compétences, PUQ, →ISBN:

     La baladodiffusion est ainsi utilisée comme outil à potentiel cognitif, parce qu'elle permet, relativement facilement, de diffuser un contenu audio ou vidéo qui peut, par la suite, être écouté ou vu à tout moment par l'apprenant.

     Therefore, podcasting is used as a tool for cognitive potential, because it allows for the relatively easy distribution of audio or video content, which, as a result, can be listened to or watched at any moment by the learner.

Derived terms

• livre audio

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch audio, from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯dio]
• Hyphenation: au‧dio

Adjective

audio

1. audio: focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

Noun

audio (first-person possessive audioku, second-person possessive audiomu, third-person possessive audionya)

1. audio: a sound, or a sound signal

Related terms

• audio mobil

 

Further reading

• “audio” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.djo/[1]
• Rhymes: -awdjo
• Hyphenation: àu‧dio

Adjective

audio (invariable)

1. audio

Noun

audio m (invariable)

1. sound, volume, audio

Related terms

• audio-
• auditivo
• auditorio
• audizione
• udire

See also

• video

References

1. audio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *awizdjō, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to perceive”) (also originally "to render manifest"), whence English aesthetic, and ἀΐω (aḯō, “to perceive, hear”), Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”), Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”) and Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.di.oː/, [ˈäu̯d̪ioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.di.o/, [ˈäːu̯d̪io]

  • Audio (Ecclesiastical)

    (file)

Verb

audiō (present infinitive audīre, perfect active audīvī or audiī, supine audītum); fourth conjugation

1. I hear, listen to

   Synonym: exaudio

2. I attend, pay attention to

   Audīsne mē? ― Are you listening to me?

3. I accept, agree with, obey
4. I perceive or understand, learn (by hearing)

   Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, inveniō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, inveniō, tongeō, cernō, exaudiō

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of audiō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	audiō	audīs	audit	audīmus	audītis	audiunt
	imperfect	audiēbam	audiēbās	audiēbat	audiēbāmus	audiēbātis	audiēbant
	future	audiam	audiēs	audiet	audiēmus	audiētis	audient
	perfect	audīvī, audiī	audīvistī, audiistī	audīvit, audiit	audīvimus, audiimus	audīvistis, audiistis	audīvērunt, audīvēre, audiērunt, audiēre
	pluperfect	audīveram, audieram	audīverās, audierās	audīverat, audierat	audīverāmus, audierāmus	audīverātis, audierātis	audīverant, audierant
	future perfect	audīverō, audierō	audīveris, audieris	audīverit, audierit	audīverimus, audierimus	audīveritis, audieritis	audīverint, audierint
passive	present	audior	audīris, audīre	audītur	audīmur	audīminī	audiuntur
	imperfect	audiēbar	audiēbāris, audiēbāre	audiēbātur	audiēbāmur	audiēbāminī	audiēbantur
	future	audiar	audiēris, audiēre	audiētur	audiēmur	audiēminī	audientur
	perfect	audītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	audītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	audītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	audiam	audiās	audiat	audiāmus	audiātis	audiant
	imperfect	audīrem	audīrēs	audīret	audīrēmus	audīrētis	audīrent
	perfect	audīverim, audierim	audīverīs, audierīs	audīverit, audierit	audīverīmus, audierīmus	audīverītis, audierītis	audīverint, audierint
	pluperfect	audīvissem, audiissem	audīvissēs, audiissēs	audīvisset, audiisset	audīvissēmus, audiissēmus	audīvissētis, audiissētis	audīvissent, audiissent
passive	present	audiar	audiāris, audiāre	audiātur	audiāmur	audiāminī	audiantur
	imperfect	audīrer	audīrēris, audīrēre	audīrētur	audīrēmur	audīrēminī	audīrentur
	perfect	audītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	audītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	audī	—	—	audīte	—
	future	—	audītō	audītō	—	audītōte	audiuntō
passive	present	—	audīre	—	—	audīminī	—
	future	—	audītor	audītor	—	—	audiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		audīre	audīvisse, audiisse	audītūrum esse	audīrī, audīrier1	audītum esse	audītum īrī
participles		audiēns	—	audītūrus	—	audītus	audiendus, audiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		audiendī	audiendō	audiendum	audiendō	audītum	audītū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

    Italo-Western Romance conjugation of *audiō

infinitive			*audírę
present participle				*audę́ntẹs
gerund				*audę́ndọ
past participle				*audítọ
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
simple tenses	present	*áúdiọ	*áúdis	*áúdit	*audímọs	*audítẹs	*áúdọnt
	imperfect	*audívã	*audívas	*audívat	*audivámọs	*audivátẹs	*audívant
	perfect	*audíi	*audísti	*audít	*audímmọs	*audístẹs	*audírọnt
	pluperfect	*audírã	*audíras	*audírat	*audirámọs	*audirátẹs	*audírant
	future perfect	*audírẽ	*audírẹs	*audírẹt	*audírẹmọs	*audírẹtẹs	*audírẹnt
	future	*audírę áviọ	*audírę ávẹs	*audírę ávęt	*audírę avẹ́mọs	*audírę avẹ́tẹs	*audírę ávęnt
compound tenses	perfect	*áviọ audítọ	*ávẹs audítọ	*ávęt audítọ	*avẹ́mọs audítọ	*avẹ́tẹs audítọ	*ávęnt audítọ
	pluperfect	*avẹ́vã audítọ	*avẹ́vas audítọ	*avẹ́vat audítọ	*avẹvámọ audítọ	*avẹvátẹs audítọ	*avẹ́vant audítọ
	future perfect	*avẹ́rę áviọ audítọ	*avẹ́rę ávẹs audítọ	*avẹ́rę ávęt audítọ	*avẹ́rę avẹ́mọs audítọ	*avẹ́rę avẹ́tẹs audítọ	*avẹ́rę ávęnt audítọ
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		*audírę avẹ́vã	*audírę avẹ́vas	*audírę avẹ́vat	*audírę avẹvámọs	*audírę avẹvátẹs	*audírę avẹ́vant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		*áúdiã	*áúdias	*áúdiat	*audiámọs	*audiátẹs	*áúdiant
imperfect		*audírẽ	*audírẹs	*audíręt	*audirẹ́mọs	*audirẹ́tẹs	*audíręnt
pluperfect		*audíssẽ	*audíssẹs	*audíssęt	*audissẹ́mọs	*audissẹ́tẹs	*audíssęnt
imperative		singular			plural
		—	second	—	—	second	—
present		—	*áúdi	—	—	*audítę	—

    Eastern Romance conjugation of *audiō

infinitive			*audírę
present participle				*audę́ntẹs
gerund				*audę́ndo
past participle				*audítu
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
simple tenses	present	*áúdio	*áúdis	*áúdit	*audímus	*audítẹs	*áúdunt
	imperfect	*audívã	*audívas	*audívat	*audivámus	*audivátẹs	*audívant
	perfect	*audíi	*audísti	*audít	*audímmus	*audístẹs	*audírunt
	future perfect	*audírẽ	*audírẹs	*audírẹt	*audírẹmus	*audírẹtẹs	*audírẹnt
compound tenses	perfect	*ávio audítu	*ávẹs audítu	*ávęt audítu	*avẹ́mus audítu	*avẹ́tẹs audítu	*ávęnt audítu
	pluperfect	*avẹ́vã audítu	*avẹ́vas audítu	*avẹ́vat audítu	*avẹvámu audítu	*avẹvátẹs audítu	*avẹ́vant audítu
	future perfect	*avẹ́rę ávio audítu	*avẹ́rę ávẹs audítu	*avẹ́rę ávęt audítu	*avẹ́rę avẹ́mus audítu	*avẹ́rę avẹ́tẹs audítu	*avẹ́rę ávęnt audítu
	future	*vǫ́lio audírę	*vę́lẹs audírę	*vǫ́lęt audírę	*vǫlẹ́mus audírę	*vǫlẹ́tẹs audírę	*vǫ́lẹnt audírę
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		*áúdiã	*áúdias	*áúdiat	*audiámus	*audiátẹs	*áúdiant
pluperfect		*audíssẽ	*audíssẹs	*audíssęt	*audissẹ́mus	*audissẹ́tẹs	*audíssęnt

Derived terms

• abaudiō
• adaudiō
• audiendus
• audiēns
• audientia
• audītiō
• audītō
• audītor
• audītus
• exaudiō
• inaudiō
• obaudiō
• oboediō
• praeaudiō
• subaudiō

 

Related terms

• audītiuncula
• audītōriālis
• audītōrium
• audītōrius

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: avdu, avdzãri
  • Istro-Romanian: avzi
  • Megleno-Romanian: ud
  • Romanian: auzi, auzire
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: udire
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: uldî
  • Ladin: udir
  • Piedmontese: ovir
  • Romansch: udir
  • Venetian: aldir
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: aouir
  • Old French: oir
    • Middle French: ouyr, ouïr
      • French: ouïr (dated)
    • Norman: ouir, ouï
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: oir, audir, ausir
    • Catalan: oir
  • Occitan: ausir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese: oyr
    • Asturian: oyer
    • Leonese: oyire
  • Old Portuguese: ouir, oir, oyr, ouvyr (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: oir
    • Ladino: oyir
    • Spanish: oír
• Borrowings:
• → Basque: aditu
• → English: audio, ⇒ audile
• → Esperanto: aŭdi
• → French: audio
• → Ido: audar
• → Spanish: audio
• → Swedish: audiell

See also

• auscultō

References

• “audio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “audio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• audio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to know from hearsay: fando aliquid audivisse
    
  • I heard him say..: ex eo audivi, cum diceret
    
  • to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bene, male audire (ab aliquo)
    
  • to attend Plato's lectures: audire Platonem, auditorem esse Platonis
    
  • to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • I admit it, say on: audio, fateor
    
• audio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.djɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awdjɔ
• Syllabification: au‧dio

Adjective

audio (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) audio

Related terms

adjectives

• audialny
• audiencjonalny
• audiencyjny

 

noun

• audiencja

 

prefix

• audio-

 

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French audio.

Adjective

audio m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. audio

Declension

Declension of audio (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	audio		audio	audio	audio
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	audio		audio	audio	audio
	definite	—		—	—	—

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English audio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaudjo/ [ˈau̯.ð̞jo]
• Rhymes: -audjo
• Syllabification: au‧dio

Noun

audio m (plural audios)

1. audio

Further reading

• “audio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

audio c or n (uncountable)

1. audio