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

audio (comparative more audio, superlative most audio)

  1. 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.

focused on audible sound

audio (usually uncountable, plural audios)

  1. (uncountable) Sound, or a sound signal.
  2. (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[1]:
      Others wryly illustrate appropriated audios, like instructions for quacking like a duck or a letter from an angry airline passenger.

a sound or a sound signal

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

Ultimately from Latin audiō.

audio c (plural audio's, no diminutive)

  1. audio
    Synonym: geluid

Internationalism (see English audio).

audio

  1. (uncommon outside compounds) audio

audio (plural **audio or audios)

  1. 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.

From Dutch audio, from Latin audiō.

audio (comparative lebih audio, superlative paling audio)

  1. audio: focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight

audio (plural **audio-audio)

  1. audio: a sound, or a sound signal

audio (invariable)

  1. audio

audio m (invariable)

  1. sound, volume, audio
  1. ^ audio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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”).

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

  1. to hear, listen to
    Synonym: exaudiō
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 930–931:
      CRĪTŌ: Eadem haec, Chremē, / multī aliī in Andrō tum audī[vē]re.
      CRITO: These same [things], Chremes, many others in Andros heard at that time.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 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, [...].
  2. to attend, pay attention to
    Audīsne mē? ― Are you listening to me?
  3. to accept, agree with, obey
  4. 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
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present audiō audīs audit audīmus audītis audiunt
imperfect audiēbam audiēbās audiēbat audiēbāmus audiēbātis audiēbant
future audiam audiēs audiet audiēmus audiētis audient
perfect audīvī, audiī audīvistī, audīstī, audiistī2 audīvit, audīt, audiit2 audīvimus, audīmus, audiimus2 audīvistis, audīstis, audiistis2 audīvērunt, audīrunt, audīvēre, audiērunt, audiēre2
pluperfect audīveram, audīram, audieram2 audīverās, audīrās, audierās2 audīverat, audīrat, audierat2 audīverāmus, audīrāmus, audierāmus2 audīverātis, audīrātis, audierātis2 audīverant, audīrant, audierant2
future perfect audīverō, audīrō, audierō2 audīveris, audīris, audieris2 audīverit, audīrit, audierit2 audīverimus, audīrimus, audierimus2 audīveritis, audīritis, audieritis2 audīverint, audīrint, audierint2
passive present audior audīris, audīre audītur audīmur audīminī audiuntur
imperfect audiēbar audiēbāris, audiēbāre audiēbātur audiēbāmur audiēbāminī audiēbantur
future audiar audiēris, audiēre audiētur audiēmur audiēminī audientur
perfect audītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect audītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect audītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present audiam audiās audiat audiāmus audiātis audiant
imperfect audīrem audīrēs audīret audīrēmus audīrētis audīrent
perfect audīverim, audīrim, audierim2 audīverīs, audīrīs, audierīs2 audīverit, audīrit, audierit2 audīverīmus, audīrīmus, audierīmus2 audīverītis, audīrītis, audierītis2 audīverint, audīrint, audierint2
pluperfect audīvissem, audīssem, audiissem2 audīvissēs, audīssēs, audiissēs2 audīvisset, audīsset, audiisset2 audīvissēmus, audīssēmus, audiissēmus2 audīvissētis, audīssētis, audiissētis2 audīvissent, audīssent, audiissent2
passive present audiar audiāris, audiāre audiātur audiāmur audiāminī audiantur
imperfect audīrer audīrēris, audīrēre audīrētur audīrēmur audīrēminī audīrentur
perfect audītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect audītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — audī — — audīte —
future — audītō audītō — audītōte audiuntō
passive present — audīre — — audīminī —
future — audītor audītor — — audiuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present audīre audīrī, audīrier1 audiēns —
future audītūrum esse audītum īrī audītūrus audiendus, audiundus
perfect audīvisse, audīsse, audiisse2 audītum esse — audītus
future perfect — audītum fore — —
perfect potential audītūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
audiendī audiendō audiendum audiendō audītum audītū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Learned borrowing from Latin audiō.

audio (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

  1. (postpositive) audio

Borrowed from French audio.

audio m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. audio

Declension of audio (invariable)

| | singular | plural | | | | | | --------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | | | masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | | nominative-accusative | indefinite | audio | audio | audio | audio | | definite | — | — | — | — | | | genitive-dative | indefinite | audio | audio | audio | audio | | definite | — | — | — | — | |

Borrowed from English audio. Doublet of oigo.

audio m (plural audios)

  1. audio
  2. voice message

audio c or n (uncountable)

  1. audio