acoustic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō
Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor.
Medieval Latin acousticusbor.
English acoustic
Borrowed from Medieval Latin acousticus, acūsticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστῐκός (akoustĭkós, “of or for hearing”), from ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjectival suffix).
Base: ἀκούω
Affixes: -ῐκός
Inflected forms:
form: acoustical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: acoustick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: acoustic guitar, acoustic piano
Coordinate term: unplugged
gloss: Nonelectric; mechanical or otherwise basic.
pos: adj
tags: humorous
not-comparable
proscribed
examples: acoustic bike
KEY: I've had a banana in banana cake.
WATSON: But you haven't had a sort of acoustic banana?
For a lot of people, riding a bike through a crowded city—or even on suburban avenues—might feel daunting. Should you get an electric or acoustic bicycle?
E-bikes have now become so popular that old-fashioned, human-powered ones are tagged as “analog” or “acoustic” bikes.
Derived words: acoustic admittance
acoustical
acoustically
acoustic barrier
acoustic bass
acoustic bass guitar
acoustic bassist
acoustic ceiling
acoustic coupler
acoustic-electric
acoustic emission
acoustic energy
acoustic guitar
acoustic guitarist
acoustician
acoustic impedance
acoustic interferometer
acoustic jamming
acousticky
acoustic meatus
acoustic mirror
acoustic model
acoustic nerve
acousticness
acoustic neuroma
acousticofacial
acousticopalpebral
acousticophobia
acoustic perfume
acoustic phonetics
acoustic rock
acoustics
acoustic shadow
acoustic shock
acoustic traveltime
acousto-
aeroacoustic
anacoustic
archaeoacoustic
baryon acoustic oscillation
bioacoustic
catacoustic
diacoustic
diplacusis
echoacoustic
ecoacoustic
electroacoustic
geoacoustic
hydroacoustic
magnetoacoustic
mechanoacoustic
microacoustic
nonacoustic
optoacoustic
otacoustic
otoacoustic
photoacoustic
physioacoustic
polyacoustic
psychoacoustic
semi-acoustic
semiacoustic
subacoustic
superacoustic
thermoacoustic
unacoustic
vestibuloacoustic
vibracoustic
vibroacoustic
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: صَوْتِيّ
roman: ṣawtiyy
lang: Arabic
word: صوتي
roman: ṣawti
lang: Bulgarian
word: слухов
roman: sluhov
lang: Bulgarian
word: акустичен
roman: akustičen
lang: Catalan
word: acústic
lang: Czech
word: akustický
lang: Czech
word: zvukový
lang: Danish
word: akustisk
lang: Dutch
word: akoestisch
lang: Dutch
word: akoestische
lang: Esperanto
word: akustika
lang: Finnish
word: akustinen
lang: French
word: acoustique
lang: Galician
word: acústico
lang: Georgian
word: აკუსტიკური
roman: aḳusṭiḳuri
lang: German
word: akustisch
lang: Greek
word: ακουστικός
roman: akoustikós
lang: Interlingua
word: acustic
lang: Irish
word: fuaimiúil
lang: Irish
word: fuaime
lang: Italian
word: acustico
lang: Japanese
word: 音の
roman: oto-no
lang: Japanese
word: 音響の
roman: onkyō-no
lang: Latvian
word: akustisks
lang: Malay
word: اکوستيک
lang: Malay
word: akustik
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: akustisk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: akustisk
lang: Polish
word: akustyczny
lang: Portuguese
word: acústico
lang: Russian
word: акусти́ческий
roman: akustíčeskij
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fuaimearra
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: аку̀стичкӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: слушни
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: akùstičkī
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: slušni
lang: Spanish
word: acústico
lang: Swedish
word: akustisk