voice-over

See also: voiceover

English

Alternative forms

voiceover

Etymology

voice +‎ over

Pronunciation

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

Noun

voice-over (plural voice-overs)

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?)
A voice-overed release, especially of foreign content. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
The voice audio track of such a broadcast. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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

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: voz en off f
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

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

overvoice