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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaudiophile
Pronunciation / Transliteration: audiophile
"Cet audiophile ne jure que par les disques vinyles."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction.
"The audiophile spent thousands of dollars on vacuum tube amplifiers and lossless audio cables."
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Relating to equipment or recordings of exceptionally high quality.
"They released the legendary jazz album on an audiophile vinyl pressing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a hybrid coinage combining the Latin root 'audire' (to hear) and the Greek suffix '-phile' (loving, fond of), emerging mid-20th century with the rise of high-fidelity sound reproduction technologies. It initially described hobbyists passionate about pristine sound recording and playback equipment, later expanding to encompass specialized cultural practices and community terminology like 'audiophilism'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Audiophile" is said worldwide
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audiophile
Transliteration: audiophile
"Cet audiophile ne jure que par les disques vinyles."
Audiophiler
Transliteration: Audiophiler
"Der Audiophile investierte in eine erstklassige Stereoanlage."
audiofilo
Transliteration: audiofilo
"Un vero audiofilo sa riconoscere la differenza tra vari formati audio."
audiófilo
Transliteration: audiofilo
"El audiófilo exigía la máxima calidad de sonido sin compresión."
audiófilo
Transliteration: audiofilo
"O audiófilo comprou fones de ouvido de última geração."
ऑडियोफ़ाइल
Transliteration: odiyofail
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"एक ऑडियोफ़ाइल बेहतरीन ध्वनि गुणवत्ता की तलाश करता है।"
发烧友
Transliteration: fāshāoyǒu
Script: 中文汉字
"这位音响发烧友拥有许多高端音响设备。"
오디오파일
Transliteration: odiofail
Script: 한국어 한글
"오디오파일들은 무손실 음원만을 고집하는 경향이 있다."
オーディオファイル
Transliteration: o-diofairu
Script: 日本語
"そのオーディオファイルは特注のスピーカーシステムを使用している。"
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