audible
pronunciation
How to pronounce audible in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:dəbl]
How to pronounce audible in American English:
US [ˈɔdəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- heard or perceptible by the ear
Word Origin
- audible
- audible: [16] Audible is one of a wide range of English words based ultimately on the Latin verb audīre ‘hear’ (which came from the Indo- European root *awiz-, source also of Greek aithánesthai ‘perceive’ and Sanskrit āvis ‘evidently’). Others include audience [14], audio- [20], audit [15] (from Latin audītus ‘hearing’; audits were originally done by reading the accounts out loud), audition [16], and auditorium [17].=> obey, oyez
- audible (adj.)
- 1520s, from Middle French audible and directly from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire "to hear," from PIE *awis-dh-yo-, from root *au- "to perceive" (see audience). Related: Audibly.
Antonym
Example
- 1. He spoke in an audible whisper .
- 2. Advanced features include audible event triggering and name tag integration .
- 3. God also speak through our conscience our desires and an audible voice .
- 4. The first level includes audible and visible patterns of behaviour , technology and art .
- 5. Previous research found that the painful parts of unpleasant sounds appear to be in the middle range of audible frequencies .