podcast
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *neHd-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *natją
Proto-West Germanic *nati
Old English nett
Middle English net
English net
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
English work
English network
English internetwork
English Internet
English i-
English pod
English iPod
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.?
Proto-Germanic *braidaz
Proto-West Germanic *braid
Old English brād
Middle English brod
English broad
Proto-Germanic *kas-
Proto-Germanic *kastōną
Old Norse kastabor.
Middle English casten
English cast
English broadcast
blend
English podcast
Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) + broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.
Compound parts: iPod
broadcast
Inflected forms:
form: podcasts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: podcasts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: podcasting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: podcast
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: podcast
pos: verb
tags: past
form: podcasted
pos: verb
tags: common
error-unknown-tag
participle
past
proscribed
sometimes
form: podcasted
pos: verb
tags: common
error-unknown-tag
past
proscribed
sometimes
Senses:
gloss: A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
pos: noun
examples: There's no restriction for what a podcast should and should not be. Of course, if you cover all these topics and more, you may find it harder to find an audience than if you focus on a narrower range and cover it well. Finding listeners is simpler if your podcast can be summarized in a sentence. More people will sample your show if it fits in a category in a podcast directory—like that found in the iTunes Store—than if it ends up lumped in a generic catch-all list.
Try listening to a mix of well-known podcasts. You'll soon find that the best always feature hosts that have their own unique voice.
Yet some Monday-morning quarterbacks also noted that, just as 1960 was the first TV election and 2016 was the first social-media election, the 2024 Presidential campaign was the first to be conducted largely on live streams and long-form podcasts, media that happen to be thoroughly dominated by MAGA bros.
You know, they’re all just a bunch of libtards anyways. I know what’s up. I listen to podcasts.
Indeed, when I interviewed Ken Skates, the Welsh Cabinet Member for Transport and North Wales, for my Calling All Stations podcast, he suggested (rightly) that the electrification of 170km (106 miles) of Valleys line ^([sic]) "was no mean feat in less than ten years". Given the stalled electrification of England's railways, notably the Midland Main Line, he has a point.
gloss: An individual episode of such a program.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: To deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To deliver a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: podcatch
podcatching
Derived words: Podcastistan
podcat
podcatcher
podfading
podosphere
vodcast
podcastable
podcaster
podcasting
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: lähettää podcastina
lang: Finnish
word: podcastata
lang: French
word: podcaster
lang: French
word: baladodiffuser
lang: German
word: podcasten
lang: Māori
word: pāhorangi
lang: Māori
word: īpāho
lang: Swedish
word: podcasta
lang: Swedish
word: podda
lang: Welsh
word: podledu
lang: Finnish
word: lähettää podcastia