audiovisual

See also: audio-visual

English

Alternative forms

• audio-visual

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *awisdiō

Latin audi(ō)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English audio-

English visual

English audiovisual

From audio- + visual.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.di.əʊˈvɪ.zjʊ.əl/, /-ʒʊ.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/

Adjective

audiovisual (not comparable)

1. Containing both aural and visual elements.

   They put together a stunning audiovisual presentation, with movies and music as well as plenty of information.

   • 2023 October 5, Devan Cole, “Media outlets ask judge for permission to broadcast Trump’s federal election subversion trial next year”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 November 2023:

     CNN and more than a dozen media outlets and groups asked US District Judge Tanya Chutkan for permission to “record and telecast” the March 2024 trial or for the court to “contemporaneously publish on YouTube its internally administered audiovisual livestreams and recordings of the proceedings.”

Derived terms

• audiovisualist
• audiovisuality
• audiovisually

Translations

audiovisual

• Afrikaans: oudiovisueel
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܸܡܥܚܸܙܘܵܝܵܐ m (šimˁḥizwāyā), ܫܸܡܥܚܸܙܘܵܝܬܵܐ f (šimˁḥizwāytā)

• Azerbaijani: audiovizual
• Belarusian: аўдыёвізуальны (awdyjóvizualʹny)
• Catalan: audiovisual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視聽 / 视听 (zh) (shìtīng)

• Czech: audiovizuální (cs)
• Dutch: audiovisueel (nl)
• Estonian: audiovisuaalne
• Finnish: audiovisuaalinen (fi)
• French: audiovisuel (fr)
• Galician: audiovisual (gl)
• Georgian: აუდიოვიზუალური (audiovizualuri)
• German: audiovisuell (de)
• Greek: οπτικοακουστικών (el) (optikoakoustikón)
• Hindi: श्रव्य-दृश्य (śravya-dŕśya)
• Hungarian: audiovizuális (hu)
• Indonesian: audiovisual (id)
• Italian: audiovisivo (it)
• Japanese: 視聴 (ja) (しちょう, shichō), 視聴覚 (ja) (しちょうかく, shichōkaku)
• Kazakh: дыбыс-бейне (dıbıs-beyne), дыбыстық-бейнелік (dıbıstıq-beynelik)
• Khmer: សោតទស្សន៍ (sout toas)
• Korean: 시청각 (ko) (sicheonggak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: audiovisuell

  Nynorsk: audiovisuell

• Polish: słuchowo-wzrokowy (pl), audiowizualny (pl)
• Portuguese: audiovisual (pt)
• Romanian: audio-vizual
• Russian: аудиовизуа́льный (ru) (audiovizuálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: slušnovidni
• Spanish: audiovisual (es)
• Swedish: audiovisuell (sv), audiovisuel
• Tagalog: dinig-tanawin
• Turkish: görsel-işitsel
• Urdu: سَمْعِی بَصْرِی (sam'ī basrī)
• Vietnamese: nghe nhìn, thính thị

Catalan

Etymology

From audio- +‎ visual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˌaw.ði.u.βi.zuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌaw.ði.o.vi.zuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˌaw.ði.o.βi.zuˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

audiovisual m or f (masculine and feminine plural audiovisuals)

1. audiovisual

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician audio-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin visuālislbor.

Galician visual

Galician audiovisual

From audio- + visual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awdjobiˈswal/ [ɑw.ð̞jo.β̞iˈs̺wɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

audiovisual m or f (plural audiovisuais)

1. audiovisual

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “audiovisual”, in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego (in Galician), Ir Indo; Xunta de Galicia, 2013 [2004]
• “audiovisual”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English audiovisual. By surface analysis, audio +‎ visual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔau̯.di.o.fiˈsu.al/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: au‧di‧o‧vi‧su‧al

Adjective

audiovisual (not comparable)

1. audiovisual (containing both aural and visual elements)

   Synonyms: pandang dengar, lihat dengar

Noun

audiovisual (plural audiovisual-audiovisual)

1. audiovisual media

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Etymology

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Portuguese audio-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin visuālislbor.

Portuguese visual

Portuguese audiovisual

From audio- + visual.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.d͡ʒi.o.vi.zuˈaw/ [ˌaʊ̯.d͡ʒi.o.vi.zuˈaʊ̯], (faster) /ˌaw.d͡ʒjo.viˈzwaw/ [ˌaʊ̯.d͡ʒjo.viˈzwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djɔ.viˈzwal/ [ˌaw.ðjɔ.viˈzwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djɔ.viˈzwal/ [ˌaw.ðjɔ.viˈzwaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djɔ.biˈzwal/ [ˌaw.ðjɔ.βiˈzwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djɔ.viˈzwa.li/

• Hyphenation: au‧di‧o‧vi‧su‧al

Adjective

audiovisual m or f (plural audiovisuais)

1. audiovisual (containing audio and visual elements)

Derived terms

• audiovisualmente

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “audiovisual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish audio-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin visuālislbor.

Spanish visual

Spanish audiovisual

From audio- + visual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /audjobiˈswal/ [au̯.ð̞jo.β̞iˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: au‧dio‧vi‧sual

Adjective

audiovisual m or f (masculine and feminine plural audiovisuales)

1. audiovisual

Further reading

• “audiovisual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025