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playback en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpleɪˌbæk/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From play + back. Sense 2 is from French playback, a pseudo-anglicism of this term.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
  2. (nonstandard, qualifier:non-native speakers' English, uncountable, usually) Lip-syncing.

Forms

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Deriveds

playback singer

Translations (26)

mk плејбек (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · de Wiedergabe (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · it reproduzione (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · fi toisto (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · ru воспроизведе́ние (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · et taasesitus (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · ar تَشْغِيل (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · ru прои́грывание (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · cs přehrávání (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · pl playback (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · sv uppspelning (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · ja 再生 (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · tr geri oynatım (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · hu visszajátszás (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · ko 재생 (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · cmn 重播 (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · cmn 重放 (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · fr lecture (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · ja プレーバック (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · es reproducción (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · gl reprodución (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · pt reprodução (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · cmn 回放 (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · it playback (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · ca reproducció (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) · ka დაკვრა (replaying of recorded sound or moving images)