# audio
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɔː.di.əʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/, [ˈɔ.ɾi.oʊ]
** Audio (US):(file)
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɑ.di.oʊ/, [ˈɑ.ɾi.oʊ]
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈoː.di.əʉ/

### Adjective

audio (comparative more audio, superlative most audio)
* 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
### Noun

audio (usually uncountable, plural audios)
* (uncountable) Sound, or a sound signal.
* (countable) A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.
    I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.
** 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

* audiation
* audioboard
* audio book
* audio-book
* audio card
* audio cassette
* audio CD
* audiocentric
* audiocentrism
* audio clip
* audio coil
* audioconference
* audio-description
* audio DVD
* audio frequency
* audio guide
* audio mastering
* audio mining
* audio play
* audio tape
* audiotape
* audio tour
* audiotrack
* audio typing
* audio-typist
* audio typist
* audio vérité
* audio-visual
* audism
* described audio
* digital audio
* digital audio workstation
* dual audio
* nonaudio
* sub-audio frequency

#### Related terms

* audible
* audio-
* audiobook
* audio commentary
* audio description
* audio file
* audiovisual
* audition
* auditive
* auditory
* dysaudia

#### Translations
### See also

* video

### References

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

### Anagrams

* Douai

## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin audiō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑu̯.di.oː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: au‧dio

### Noun

audio c (plural audio's)
* audio
    Synonym: geluid

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: audio

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English audio).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑu̯dio/, [ˈɑ̝u̯dio̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑudio
* Hyphenation: au‧dio

### Noun

audio
* (uncommon outside compounds) audio

#### Declension

Possessive forms of audio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
audioni
audioni
accusative
nom.
audioni
audioni
gen.
audioni
genitive
audioni
audioideni audioitteni
partitive
audiotani
audioitani
inessive
audiossani
audioissani
elative
audiostani
audioistani
illative
audiooni
audioihini
adessive
audiollani
audioillani
ablative
audioltani
audioiltani
allative
audiolleni
audioilleni
essive
audionani
audioinani
translative
audiokseni
audioikseni
abessive
audiottani
audioittani
instructive
comitative
—audioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
audiosi
audiosi
accusative
nom.
audiosi
audiosi
gen.
audiosi
genitive
audiosi
audioidesi audioittesi
partitive
audiotasi
audioitasi
inessive
audiossasi
audioissasi
elative
audiostasi
audioistasi
illative
audioosi
audioihisi
adessive
audiollasi
audioillasi
ablative
audioltasi
audioiltasi
allative
audiollesi
audioillesi
essive
audionasi
audioinasi
translative
audioksesi
audioiksesi
abessive
audiottasi
audioittasi
instructive
comitative
—audioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
audiomme
audiomme
accusative
nom.
audiomme
audiomme
gen.
audiomme
genitive
audiomme
audioidemme audioittemme
partitive
audiotamme
audioitamme
inessive
audiossamme
audioissamme
elative
audiostamme
audioistamme
illative
audioomme
audioihimme
adessive
audiollamme
audioillamme
ablative
audioltamme
audioiltamme
allative
audiollemme
audioillemme
essive
audionamme
audioinamme
translative
audioksemme
audioiksemme
abessive
audiottamme
audioittamme
instructive
comitative
—audioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
audionne
audionne
accusative
nom.
audionne
audionne
gen.
audionne
genitive
audionne
audioidenne audioittenne
partitive
audiotanne
audioitanne
inessive
audiossanne
audioissanne
elative
audiostanne
audioistanne
illative
audioonne
audioihinne
adessive
audiollanne
audioillanne
ablative
audioltanne
audioiltanne
allative
audiollenne
audioillenne
essive
audionanne
audioinanne
translative
audioksenne
audioiksenne
abessive
audiottanne
audioittanne
instructive
comitative
—audioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
audionsa
audionsa
accusative
nom.
audionsa
audionsa
gen.
audionsa
genitive
audionsa
audioidensa audioittensa
partitive
audiotaan audiotansa
audioitaan audioitansa
inessive
audiossaan audiossansa
audioissaan audioissansa
elative
audiostaan audiostansa
audioistaan audioistansa
illative
audioonsa
audioihinsa
adessive
audiollaan audiollansa
audioillaan audioillansa
ablative
audioltaan audioltansa
audioiltaan audioiltansa
allative
audiolleen audiollensa
audioilleen audioillensa
essive
audionaan audionansa
audioinaan audioinansa
translative
audiokseen audioksensa
audioikseen audioiksensa
abessive
audiottaan audiottansa
audioittaan audioittansa
instructive
comitative
—audioineen audioinensa :

#### Synonyms

* ääni

#### Derived terms

* audiofiili
* audiolaite
* audiotekniikka

### Further reading

* “audio”, 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 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o.djo/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

audio (plural audio or audios)
* 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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch audio, from Latin audiō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈau̯dio]
* Hyphenation: au‧dio

### Adjective

audio
* audio: focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight

### Noun

audio (uncountable)
* audio: a sound, or a sound signal

### Related terms

* audio mobil

### Further reading

* “audio” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaw.djo/
* Rhymes: -awdjo
* Hyphenation: àu‧dio

### Adjective

audio (invariable)
* audio

### Noun

audio m (invariable)
* sound, volume, audio

#### Related terms

* audio-
* auditivo
* auditorio
* audizione
* udire

#### See also

* video

### References

* ↑ audio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## 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 Latin) IPA: /ˈau̯.di.oː/, [ˈäu̯d̪ioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈau̯.di.o/, [ˈäːu̯d̪io]

### Verb

audiō (present infinitive audīre, perfect active audīvī or audiī, supine audītum); fourth conjugation
* to hear, listen to
    Synonym: exaudio
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.219–220:Tālibus ōrantem dictīs ārāsque tenentem / audiit omnipotēns, [...].[King Iarbas,] praying with such words as he had spoken, and [as he was] grasping the holy altars [in supplication], the Almighty [Father] heard him, [...].
* to attend, pay attention to
    Audīsne mē? ― Are you listening to me?
* to accept, agree with, obey
* to 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

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

#### Derived terms

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

#### Related terms

* audītiuncula
* audītōriālis
* audītōrium
* audītōrius

#### Descendants

* Balkano-Romance:
** Aromanian: avdu, avdzãri
** Istro-Romanian: avzi
** Megleno-Romanian: ud, uzări
** Romanian: auzi, auzire
* Italo-Dalmatian:
** Italian: odire, udire
** Neapolitan: audì
** Sicilian: audìri
** Venetan: aldir
* Rhaeto-Romance:
** Friulian: uldî
** Ladin: udir
** Romansch: udir
* Gallo-Italic:
** Piedmontese: ovir
* Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: aouir
** Old Catalan: oir, audir, ausir
*** Catalan: oir
** Old French: oir, odir (archaic), uir, ouir
*** Middle French: ouyr, oyr
**** French: ouïr (dated)
*** Norman: ouir, ouï
*** → Middle English: oyes, oyas, oye, hoi (from the French imperative plural oyez)
**** English: oyez
** Old Occitan: audir
*** Occitan: ausir, audir (Gascony, Nissard), auvir (Limousin)
* Ibero-Romance:
** Old Galician-Portuguese: ouir, oir, oyr, ouvyr (see there for further descendants)
** Old Leonese: oyr
*** Asturian: oyer
*** Leonese: oyire
** Old Spanish: oir
*** Ladino: oyir
*** Spanish: oír
* Borrowings:
** → Basque: aditu
** ⇒ Dutch: horribile auditu
** → English: → audio, ⇒ audile
** → Esperanto: aŭdi
** → French: audio
** → Ido: audar
** → Italian: audio
** → 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin audiō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaw.djɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -awdjɔ
* Syllabification: au‧dio

### Adjective

audio (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
* (postpositive) audio

#### Related terms

* audialny
* audiencjonalny
* audiencyjny
* audiencja
* audio-

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French audio.

### Adjective

audio m or f or n (indeclinable)
* audio

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English audio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaudjo/ [ˈau̯.ð̞jo]
* Rhymes: -audjo
* Syllabification: au‧dio

### Noun

audio m (plural audios)
* audio

### Further reading

* “audio”, 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
### Noun

audio c or n (uncountable)
* audio