For audio in Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:Audio.

English

Adjective

audio ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or relating to audible sound.
2. Of or relating to the broadcasting or reproduction of sound, especially high-fidelity reproduction.

Translations

Noun

audio ‎(usually uncountable, plural audios)

1. A sound, or a sound signal
   • 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

• audio book
• audio tape

Translations

Related terms

See also

• video

References

“audio” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Italian

Adjective

audio ‎(invariable)

1. audio

Noun

audio m ‎(invariable)

1. sound, volume, audio

Related terms

• audio-
• auditivo
• auditorio
• audizione
• udire

See also

• video

Latin

Etymology

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") and ἀΐω ‎(aḯō, “to perceive, hear”), Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 ‎(u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”) and Sanskrit आविस् ‎(āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.di.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.di.o/, [ˈau̯ː.di.o]

Verb

audiō ‎(present infinitive audīre, perfect active audīvī, supine audītum); fourth conjugation

1. I hear, listen to
2. I attend, pay attention to

   Audisne me?‎ ― Are you listening to me?

3. I accept, agree with, obey

Inflection

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Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “audio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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, page 61

Spanish

Noun

audio m ‎(plural audios)

1. audio

Swedish

Noun

audio ? ‎(uncountable)

1. audio