English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisder. Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. English audiobook
From audio- + book.
Pronunciation
Noun
audiobook (plural audiobooks)
- A recording, usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book.
- Synonym: (dated) talking book
2022 October 18, Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Stuart and Jeremy Herb, “Exclusive: Bob Woodward releasing new audiobook ‘The Trump Tapes’ with eight hours of recorded interviews”, in CNN[1]:Trump’s take on his relationship with Kim – and his admission that he didn’t have a broader strategy behind the threats he made about having a “much bigger” nuclear button – are part of a new audiobook that Woodward is releasing.
2023 July 2, Brandon Griggs, “We’re multitasking while walking our dogs. Animal experts say this is a problem”, in CNN[2]:Matt Semrad is an avid reader and devours audiobooks from the library — about one a week. He also spends several hours each day walking his two black doodles, Sirius and Sonny.
Translations
audiobook
- Arabic: كِتَاب مَسْمُوع m (kitāb masmūʕ), كِتَاب سَمْعِيّ m (kitāb samʕiyy)
- Armenian: աուդիոգիրք (hy) (audiogirkʻ)
- Belarusian: аўдыёкні́га f (awdyjokníha)
- Breton: levr klevet
- Bulgarian: аудиокни́га f (audiokníga), кни́га за слу́шане f (kníga za slúšane), гово́реща кни́га f (govórešta kníga)
- Catalan: audiollibre (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 有聲讀物 / 有声读物 (zh) (yǒushēng dúwù), 音像圖書 / 音像图书 (yīnxiàng túshū), 有聲書 / 有声书 (yǒushēngshū), 有聲書籍 / 有声书籍 (yǒushēng shūjí)
- Czech: audiokniha f
- Danish: lydbog c
- Dutch: luisterboek (nl) n
- Esperanto: sonlibro
- Estonian: audioraamat
- Faroese: ljóðbók f
- Finnish: äänikirja (fi)
- French: livre audio (fr) m, livre sonore (fr) m
- Georgian: აუდიოწიგნი (audioc̣igni), ხმოვანი წიგნი (xmovani c̣igni)
- German: Hörbuch (de) n, Audiobuch n, Audiobook n
- Greek: ηχητικό βιβλίο n (ichitikó vivlío)
- Hebrew: ספר מוקלט m
- Hindi: श्रव्यपुस्तक f (śravyapustak)
- Hungarian: hangoskönyv (hu)
- Icelandic: hljóðbók (is) f
- Indonesian: buku audio
- Irish: closleabhar m
- Italian: audiolibro (it) m
- Japanese: オーディオブック (ja) (ōdiobukku)
- Korean: 오디오북 (odiobuk)
- Latvian: klausāmgrāmata (lv) f, audiogrāmata f
- Lithuanian: audioknyga f
- Low German: Hörbook n, Höörbook n
- Macedonian: аудио книга f (audio kniga)
- Malay: buku audio
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: сонсдог ном (sonsdog nom)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lydbok m or f
- Nynorsk: lydbok f, ljodbok f
- Occitan: audiolibre m
- Persian: کتاب گویا (ketâb-e guyâ), کتاب صوتی (ketâb-e sowti)
- Polish: książka mówiona f, audiobook (pl) m
- Portuguese: audiolivro m, livro falado (pt) m
- Romanian: carte vorbită f, carte audio f
- Russian: аудиокни́га (ru) f (audiokníga), аудио-кни́га f (audio-kníga), аудиобу́к (ru) m (audiobúk) (colloquial)
- Sanskrit: श्रव्यपुस्तक (śravyapustaka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: аудиокњига f, звучна књига f
- Latin: audioknjiga f, zvučna knjiga f
- Slovak: zvuková kniha f, audiokniha f, hovoriaca kniha f
- Slovene: zvočna knjiga f
- Spanish: audiolibro (es) m
- Swedish: ljudbok (sv) c, talbok (sv) c
- Tajik: китоби аудио (kitob-i audio)
- Tamil: ஒலிநூல் (olinūl)
- Thai: หนังสือเสียง (th) (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-sǐiang)
- Turkish: sesli kitap
- Ukrainian: аудіокни́га f (audioknýha), звукова́ кни́га f (zvuková knýha)
- Vietnamese: sách nghe, sách nói
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See also
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English audiobook.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaw.djɔ.buk/
- Rhymes: -awdjɔbuk
- Syllabification: au‧dio‧book
Noun
audiobook m inan
- audiobook
- Synonym: książka mówiona
Declension
Declension of audiobook
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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audiobook
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audiobooki
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| genitive
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audiobooka
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audiobooków
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| dative
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audiobookowi
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audiobookom
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| accusative
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audiobook
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audiobooki
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| instrumental
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audiobookiem
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audiobookami
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| locative
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audiobooku
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audiobookach
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| vocative
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audiobooku
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audiobooki
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