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noun · 3 syllables · /ˈɔːdiˌoʊ/

AUDIO

What does "AUDIO" mean?

Sound, especially when recorded, transmitted, or reproduced electronically.

Meanings

  1. Recorded or transmitted sound, or the sound portion of a recording or broadcast. The video looked sharp but the audio kept cutting out.
  2. Relating to the recording, transmission, or reproduction of sound. He upgraded to a proper audio interface for his podcast.

Did you know?

  • The 'audio' range humans can hear spans about 20 to 20,000 Hz - and the top end erodes with age, so most adults can no longer hear the highest tones a child easily catches.

Word origin

From Latin 'audio', 'I hear', from 'audire' ('to hear'); adopted in English in the early 20th century as a prefix and standalone word for sound technology.

Remember it

AUDIO starts the same as 'audible' and 'audience' - all from Latin 'audire', to hear.

A little poem

A voice survives the body it once owned-
pressed into wax, into wire, into stone.

couplet

Wordplay

  • I told my friend a joke over a bad connection. The audio was so poor he didn't get the punch line - he just got the silence afterward.

What it teaches

What you hear is only the band wide enough to reach you; the world hums far past your range.

Quick facts

What does AUDIO mean?

Sound, especially when recorded, transmitted, or reproduced electronically.

Is AUDIO a valid word?

Yes — AUDIO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.

How many letters is AUDIO?

AUDIO has 5 letters and 3 syllables.

Where does AUDIO come from?

From Latin 'audio', 'I hear', from 'audire' ('to hear'); adopted in English in the early 20th century as a prefix and standalone word for sound technology.

What can AUDIO teach us?

What you hear is only the band wide enough to reach you; the world hums far past your range.

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