audio

CEFRA2

/ˈɔːdi.əʊ/

noun · adjective

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Sound that is recorded, broadcast, or played through equipment.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.

Examples

  • Audio in Tatoeba sentences are provided by Shtooka.

  • How can I extract the audio from a video clip?

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɔ.ɾi.oʊ]
  • /ˈoːdi.əʉ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Sound, or a sound signal.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

More examples

In context

  • I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.

  • I'm very audio, so I hear words.

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

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

During the video call, the blank quality was so poor that we could hardly hear each other.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

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