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English
Etymology
From in- + audible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inaudible (not comparable)
- Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.
- Synonyms: quiet, silent, soundless, voiceless
- Antonyms: audible, loud, vocal
Dogs can hear this whistle, but for people it is inaudible.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume III, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 267:At first his voice was almost inaudible; but soon the spirit mastered the body, and his hollow but distinct tones gained a supernatural strength.
Translations
unable to be heard
- Afrikaans: onhoorbaar
- Armenian: անլսելի (hy) (anlseli), չլսվող (čʻlsvoġ), անձայն (hy) (anjayn)
- Belarusian: нячу́тны (njačútny)
- Bulgarian: недоловим (bg) (nedolovim)
- Catalan: inoïble, inaudible
- Dutch: onhoorbaar (nl)
- Esperanto: neaŭdebla
- Finnish: kuulumaton (fi)
- French: inaudible (fr)
- Galician: inaudible (gl), inaudíbel (gl)
- German: unhörbar (de), nicht zu hören
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀνήκουστος (anḗkoustos)
- Hungarian: nem hallható, kivehetetlen (hu), hallhatatlan (hu)
- Irish: dochloiste, dochluinte
- Japanese: 静かな (ja) (しずかな, shizuka na), 聞こえない (ja) (きこえない, kikoenai)
- Latin: inaudibilis
- Macedonian: нечуен (nečuen)
- Manx: neuchlastynagh, neuchluinagh
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: uhørlig
- Nynorsk: uhøyrleg
- Polish: niesłyszalny (pl)
- Portuguese: inaudível (pt)
- Romanian: neauzibil, inauzibil
- Russian: неслы́шный (ru) (neslýšnyj)
- Spanish: inaudible (es)
- Swedish: ohörbar (sv)
- Ukrainian: нечу́тний (nečútnyj)
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Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From in- + audible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inaudible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaudibles)
- inaudible
- Synonym: inoïble
- Antonyms: audible, oïble
Further reading
French
Etymology
From in- + audible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inaudible (plural inaudibles)
- inaudible (unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard)
- Synonym: audible
- (derogatory) unlistenable (very unpleasant to listen to)
- Synonym: (rare) inécoutable
- Antonym: qui s’écoute
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From in- + audible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inauˈdible/
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: i‧nau‧di‧ble
Adjective
inaudible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaudibles)
- inaudible
- Antonyms: audible, oíble
Further reading