microphone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈmɑe̯.kɹəˌfɐʉ̯n] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Canada) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfɐʉn/ (New-Zealand)
- [ˈmʌɪ̯.kɹəˌfoʊ̯n] (Canada, General-American) Canadian raising
- /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfoʊn/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈmɑe.kɹəˌfəʉn/ (Australia)
Etymology
From micro- + -phone.
Meanings
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A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.
Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.
1965, Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever: The National Folk Festival, from New Hampshire to November, 1964, Morrow, page 11:It rained hard through most of Roosevelt's Second Inaugural. Audio tape recordings of the speech feature the tattoo of the rain on Roosevelt's microphone[…]
1994, High Definition Television: An Annotated Multidisciplinary Bibliography, 1981-1992, page 112:
- (obsolete) A speaking trumpet or hearing trumpet; an acoustic device to concentrate or amplify sound.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🎙 | alternative | lexicographic | |
| 🎙️ | alternative | lexicographic | |
| 🎤 | alternative | lexicographic | |
| microphones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
minimicrophone · people's microphone · microphonics · human microphone · carbon microphone · hot microphone · microphonograph · throat microphone · ribbon microphone · shotgun microphone · lavalier microphone · nonmicrophone · multimicrophone · seismomicrophone
Descendants
makirufo · 麥克風 · 麦克风 · maikorofoni · ໄມໂຄຣໂຟນ · microfone · maikorofoni · meicroffon · 咪高峰 · ไมโครโฟน · maikolofoni · 마이크로폰 · microphône
Synonyms
mic (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · mike (transducer of sound waves to electricity)
Translations (121)
tl miktinig (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · tt микрофон (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ja マイク (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · tr mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · mr अणुभाष (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · he מִיקְרוֹפוֹן (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · et mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · si මෛක්රොනය (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · yi מיקראָפֿאָן (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · gu માઇક્રોફોન (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · es micrófono (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ur مائِکْروفون (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · el μικρόφωνο (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · bg микрофо́н (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · crh mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · mn микрофон (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · is mæk (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · cmn 微音器 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · mi hopuoro (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ne अणुभाष (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sh ми̏крофо̄н (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · nl microfoon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · km មីក្រូ (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · si මයික්රොපෝනය (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · fa-ira صِدابَر (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · hi माइक्रोफ़ोन (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ms mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · fr microphone (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · fi mikrofoni (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · vi micrô (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · uk мікрофо́н (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · de Mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ko 마이크 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · is hljóðnemi (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · yue 咪高峯 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sv mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ba микрофон (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ar مِذْيَاع (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · id pelantang (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ksw ကလုၢ်ဒၢ (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · my ဓာတ်ခွက် (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · cmn 麥克風 /麦克风 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · nrf microphône (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ta ஒலிவாங்கி (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · alt микрофон (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · fa-ira میکْروفون (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · nan-hbl mài-kù (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · kk микрофон (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · si ශබ්දවාහිනිය (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · pl mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sw mikrofoni (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · be мікрафо́н (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · nan-hbl mái-khù (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · tg микрофон (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · or ଅଣୁଭାଷ (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · hu mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · yue 傳聲器 /传声器 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · lo ໄມໂຄຣໂຟນ (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · hy խոսափող (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · vi mi-crô (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · gd togair-fuaime (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sa अणुभाष (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · lt mikrofonas (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · hak 麥克 /麦克 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ckb میکرۆفۆن (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · vi máy vi âm (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · lb Mikro (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · cmn 傳聲器 /传声器 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ht mikwofòn (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · da mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · io mikrofono (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sq mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · af mikrofoon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sw kinasa sauti (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ur مائِکْرو فون (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · nan-hbl 話筒 /话筒 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · mk микрофо́н (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sl mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · eo mikrofono (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ru микрофо́н (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · hi अणुभाष (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · az mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ug مىكروفون (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · yue 咪頭 /咪头 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · uz mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · zza mikrofon (diq) (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · lg omuzindaalo (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ca micròfon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ro microfon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · cmn 話筒 /话筒 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · fi mikki (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · hy միկրոֆոն (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · bn মাইক্রোফোন (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · th ไมโครโฟน (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · it microfono (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · pt microfone (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · yue 咪 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ga micreafón (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sh mȉkrofōn (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · id mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ko 마이크로폰 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · my မိုက် (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · gd microfòn (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · is míkrófónn (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · vi ống thu thanh (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · nb mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · cs mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ar مِيكْرُوفُون (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ka მიკროფონი (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · eu mikrofono (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ky микрофон (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · hi माइक (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ar مَيْكْرُوفُون (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · lv mikrofons (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · gl micrófono (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · vo mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · ja マイクロフォン (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · nan-hbl mái-khó-hong (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · sk mikrofón (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · yue 咪高峰 (transducer of sound waves to electricity) · tk mikrofon (transducer of sound waves to electricity)