microphone
pronunciation
How to pronounce microphone in British English:
UK [ˈmaɪkrəfəʊn]
How to pronounce microphone in American English:
US [ˈmaɪkrəfoʊn]
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- Noun:
- device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
Word Origin
- microphone (n.)
- 1680s, "ear trumpet for the hard-of-hearing," coined from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Modern meaning dates from 1929, from use in radio broadcasting and movie recording. Earlier, "amplifying telephone transmitter" (1878). Of the two spellings of the short form of the word, mike (1927) is older than mic (1961).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Hand the biggest extrovert a microphone and they tend to clam up .
- 2. The comments were picked up by a live microphone .
- 3. If you are using a microphone , make sure it works .
- 4. There 's a built-in stereo microphone for use with your video , plus a mike jack .
- 5. He says it is quite simple to find the instructions needed to build a parabolic or laser microphone on the web .