# playback
## English

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### Etymology

From play +‎ back.

### Noun

playback (usually uncountable, plural playbacks)
* The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
* (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) Lip-syncing.

#### Derived terms

* playback singer

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from playback.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplei̯bæk(ː)/, [ˈple̞i̯bæk(ː)]
* Rhymes: -eibæk

### Noun

playback
* (music, singing) playback singing
* (music, singing) lip-syncing

#### Declension

* Preferred when written:
Possessive forms of playback (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackini
playbackini
accusative
nom.
playbackini
playbackini
gen.
playbackini
genitive
playbackini
playbackieni
partitive
playbackiani
playbackejani
inessive
playbackissani
playbackeissani
elative
playbackistani
playbackeistani
illative
playbackiini
playbackeihini
adessive
playbackillani
playbackeillani
ablative
playbackiltani
playbackeiltani
allative
playbackilleni
playbackeilleni
essive
playbackinani
playbackeinani
translative
playbackikseni
playbackeikseni
abessive
playbackittani
playbackeittani
instructive
comitative
—playbackeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackisi
playbackisi
accusative
nom.
playbackisi
playbackisi
gen.
playbackisi
genitive
playbackisi
playbackiesi
partitive
playbackiasi
playbackejasi
inessive
playbackissasi
playbackeissasi
elative
playbackistasi
playbackeistasi
illative
playbackiisi
playbackeihisi
adessive
playbackillasi
playbackeillasi
ablative
playbackiltasi
playbackeiltasi
allative
playbackillesi
playbackeillesi
essive
playbackinasi
playbackeinasi
translative
playbackiksesi
playbackeiksesi
abessive
playbackittasi
playbackeittasi
instructive
comitative
—playbackeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackimme
playbackimme
accusative
nom.
playbackimme
playbackimme
gen.
playbackimme
genitive
playbackimme
playbackiemme
partitive
playbackiamme
playbackejamme
inessive
playbackissamme
playbackeissamme
elative
playbackistamme
playbackeistamme
illative
playbackiimme
playbackeihimme
adessive
playbackillamme
playbackeillamme
ablative
playbackiltamme
playbackeiltamme
allative
playbackillemme
playbackeillemme
essive
playbackinamme
playbackeinamme
translative
playbackiksemme
playbackeiksemme
abessive
playbackittamme
playbackeittamme
instructive
comitative
—playbackeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackinne
playbackinne
accusative
nom.
playbackinne
playbackinne
gen.
playbackinne
genitive
playbackinne
playbackienne
partitive
playbackianne
playbackejanne
inessive
playbackissanne
playbackeissanne
elative
playbackistanne
playbackeistanne
illative
playbackiinne
playbackeihinne
adessive
playbackillanne
playbackeillanne
ablative
playbackiltanne
playbackeiltanne
allative
playbackillenne
playbackeillenne
essive
playbackinanne
playbackeinanne
translative
playbackiksenne
playbackeiksenne
abessive
playbackittanne
playbackeittanne
instructive
comitative
—playbackeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackinsa
playbackinsa
accusative
nom.
playbackinsa
playbackinsa
gen.
playbackinsa
genitive
playbackinsa
playbackiensa
partitive
playbackiaan playbackiansa
playbackejaan playbackejansa
inessive
playbackissaan playbackissansa
playbackeissaan playbackeissansa
elative
playbackistaan playbackistansa
playbackeistaan playbackeistansa
illative
playbackiinsa
playbackeihinsa
adessive
playbackillaan playbackillansa
playbackeillaan playbackeillansa
ablative
playbackiltaan playbackiltansa
playbackeiltaan playbackeiltansa
allative
playbackilleen playbackillensa
playbackeilleen playbackeillensa
essive
playbackinaan playbackinansa
playbackeinaan playbackeinansa
translative
playbackikseen playbackiksensa
playbackeikseen playbackeiksensa
abessive
playbackittaan playbackittansa
playbackeittaan playbackeittansa
instructive
comitative
—playbackeineen playbackeinensa :
* Used when speaking:
Possessive forms of playback (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackini
playbackini
accusative
nom.
playbackini
playbackini
gen.
playbackini
genitive
playbackini
playbackieni
partitive
playbackiäni
playbackejäni
inessive
playbackissäni
playbackeissäni
elative
playbackistäni
playbackeistäni
illative
playbackiini
playbackeihini
adessive
playbackilläni
playbackeilläni
ablative
playbackiltäni
playbackeiltäni
allative
playbackilleni
playbackeilleni
essive
playbackinäni
playbackeinäni
translative
playbackikseni
playbackeikseni
abessive
playbackittäni
playbackeittäni
instructive
comitative
—playbackeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackisi
playbackisi
accusative
nom.
playbackisi
playbackisi
gen.
playbackisi
genitive
playbackisi
playbackiesi
partitive
playbackiäsi
playbackejäsi
inessive
playbackissäsi
playbackeissäsi
elative
playbackistäsi
playbackeistäsi
illative
playbackiisi
playbackeihisi
adessive
playbackilläsi
playbackeilläsi
ablative
playbackiltäsi
playbackeiltäsi
allative
playbackillesi
playbackeillesi
essive
playbackinäsi
playbackeinäsi
translative
playbackiksesi
playbackeiksesi
abessive
playbackittäsi
playbackeittäsi
instructive
comitative
—playbackeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackimme
playbackimme
accusative
nom.
playbackimme
playbackimme
gen.
playbackimme
genitive
playbackimme
playbackiemme
partitive
playbackiämme
playbackejämme
inessive
playbackissämme
playbackeissämme
elative
playbackistämme
playbackeistämme
illative
playbackiimme
playbackeihimme
adessive
playbackillämme
playbackeillämme
ablative
playbackiltämme
playbackeiltämme
allative
playbackillemme
playbackeillemme
essive
playbackinämme
playbackeinämme
translative
playbackiksemme
playbackeiksemme
abessive
playbackittämme
playbackeittämme
instructive
comitative
—playbackeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackinne
playbackinne
accusative
nom.
playbackinne
playbackinne
gen.
playbackinne
genitive
playbackinne
playbackienne
partitive
playbackiänne
playbackejänne
inessive
playbackissänne
playbackeissänne
elative
playbackistänne
playbackeistänne
illative
playbackiinne
playbackeihinne
adessive
playbackillänne
playbackeillänne
ablative
playbackiltänne
playbackeiltänne
allative
playbackillenne
playbackeillenne
essive
playbackinänne
playbackeinänne
translative
playbackiksenne
playbackeiksenne
abessive
playbackittänne
playbackeittänne
instructive
comitative
—playbackeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
playbackinsä
playbackinsä
accusative
nom.
playbackinsä
playbackinsä
gen.
playbackinsä
genitive
playbackinsä
playbackiensä
partitive
playbackiään playbackiänsä
playbackejään playbackejänsä
inessive
playbackissään playbackissänsä
playbackeissään playbackeissänsä
elative
playbackistään playbackistänsä
playbackeistään playbackeistänsä
illative
playbackiinsä
playbackeihinsä
adessive
playbackillään playbackillänsä
playbackeillään playbackeillänsä
ablative
playbackiltään playbackiltänsä
playbackeiltään playbackeiltänsä
allative
playbackilleen playbackillensä
playbackeilleen playbackeillensä
essive
playbackinään playbackinänsä
playbackeinään playbackeinänsä
translative
playbackikseen playbackiksensä
playbackeikseen playbackeiksensä
abessive
playbackittään playbackittänsä
playbackeittään playbackeittänsä
instructive
comitative
—playbackeineen playbackeinensä :

### Further reading

* “playback”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Alternative forms

* play-back

### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from playback.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plɛ.bak/ ~ /ple.bak/
* Rhymes: -ak

### Noun

playback m (plural playbacks)
* (music, North America) playback (replaying of recorded sound or moving images)
* (music, singing, Europe) lip-syncing, lip-synching
    Synonym: surjeu
    Elle a chanté sa dernière chanson en playback.She lipsynced her last song.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* play-back

### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from playback.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌplɛjˈbɛk/
* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Noun

playback m (invariable)
* (music, singing) lip-syncing
    Si è scoperto in seguito che aveva cantato tutto il concerto in playback.It was later discovered he had lip-synced the whole concert.

## Polish
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from playback.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplɛj.bɛk/
* Rhymes: -ɛjbɛk
* Syllabification: play‧back

### Noun

playback m inan
* (music) playback
* (music, singing) playback singing
* (music, singing) lip-syncing

#### Declension
### Further reading

* playback in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* play-back

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playback.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /plejˈbɛ.ki/ [pleɪ̯ˈbɛ.ki]
* (Brazil) IPA: /plejˈbɛ.ki/ [pleɪ̯ˈbɛ.ki]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /plejˈbɛ.ke/ [pleɪ̯ˈbɛ.ke]
* (Portugal) IPA: /plɐjˈbɛ.kɨ/ [plɐjˈβɛ.kɨ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /plɐjˈbɛ.kɨ/ [plɐjˈβɛ.kɨ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /plejˈbɛ.kɨ/ [plejˈβɛ.kɨ]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /plejˈbɛ.kɨ/ [plejˈβɛ.kɨ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pleˈbɛ.kɨ/ [pleˈβɛ.kɨ]

### Noun

playback m (plural playbacks)
* (music) playback (replaying of recorded sound or moving images)
* (music, singing) lip-syncing

## Spanish
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, from French playback, and this from English playback.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpleibak/ [ˈplei̯.β̞ak]
* Rhymes: -eibak

### Noun

playback m (plural playbacks)
* (music, singing) lip-syncing, lip-synching
    Cantó su última canción haciendo playback.She lipsynced her last song.
** 2016 February 13, “Britney Spears, Lady Gaga y otras 10 pilladas haciendo playback”, in Inviptus‎:

#### Derived terms

* hacer playback

### Further reading

* “playback”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, from English playback.

### Noun

playback c
* (music, singing) playback singing
* (music, singing) lip-syncing
    Det där är uppenbarligen playbackThat's obviously lip-syncing

#### Declension
### References

* playback in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* playback in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)