audio-

See also: audio, áudio, àudio, and aŭdio

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *awizdiō

Latin audi(ō)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English audio-

From the root audi of Latin audiō (“to hear; to listen”) + -o-.

Cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

Prefix

audio-

1. Sound.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with audio-

audioactive

audioanalgesia

audiobibliophile

audioblog

audiobook

audiocast

audioclip

audiocup

audiodescription

audiogenic

audiogram

audiographic

audiographics

audiogyral

audiolingual

audiology

audimeter

audiometer

audiometric

audiometry

audiomotor

audiopathy

audiophile

audiophilia

audiophobia

audiorecord

audiosensory

audiospatial

audiospectrogram

audiospectrograph

audiospinal

audiotactile

audiotext

audiovestibular

audiovisual

audiovocal

audiowarez

• audio

Translations

related to sound

• Catalan: audio-
• Danish: audio-, lyd-
• Dutch: audio- (nl)
• Finnish: audio-
• French: audio- (fr)
• Galician: audio- (gl)
• German: audio- (de)
• Italian: audio- (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: audio- (no)

  Nynorsk: audio-

• Occitan: audio-
• Polish: audio- (pl)
• Portuguese: audio-
• Russian: а́удио- (ru) (áudio-), звуко- (zvuko-)
• Spanish: audio-

Anagrams

• Douai

Catalan

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with audio-

audiollibre

audiòmetre

audiometria

audiovisual

Further reading

• “audio-”, 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
• “audio-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “audio-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From Latin audīre (“to listen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.djo/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

   Synonym: phono-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with audio-

audiodescription

audiofréquence

audiogramme

audiographe

audiomètre

audiométrie

audiométrique

audionumérique

audiophone

audioprothèse

audioprothésiste

Further reading

• “audio-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Alternative forms

• audi- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Latin audiō (“to hear; to listen”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with audio-

Audioguide

audiophil

Further reading

• “audio-”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “audio-” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin audiō (“to hear; to listen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒudijo]
• Hyphenation: au‧dio
• Syllabification: a‧u‧di‧o

Prefix

audio-

1. audio- (of, or relating to sound)

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives prefixed with audio-

audiovizuális

Hungarian nouns prefixed with audio-

audiokommentár

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaw.djo/
• Hyphenation: àu‧dio-

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin audire (“to hear”).

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with audio-

audiovisuell

References

• “audio-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin audire (“to hear”).

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with audio-

audiovisuell

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *awizdiō

Latin audiōder.

Polish audio-

Derived from Latin audiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw.djɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awdjɔ
• Syllabification: au‧dio-

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

   ‎audio- + ‎-graf → ‎audiograf

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with audio-

audiobook

audiofilski

audiolog

audiologiczny

audiometryczny

audiowizualnie

audiowizualność

audiofil

audiofilia

audiograf

audiogram

audiologia

audiometr

audiometria

audiowizualny

Further reading

• “audio-”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with audio-

audiologia

audiómetro

audiovisual

Further reading

• “audio-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Prefix

audio-

1. audio-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with audio-

audiocomentario

audioguía

audiolibro

audiología

audiometría

audiómetro

audímetro

audioprocesador

audiovisual

Further reading

• “audio-”, 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