loudspeaker
/laʊdˈspiːkə/US/ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/
loudspeaker noun: an electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
Noun
loudspeaker (plural loudspeakers)
- An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
- Unintelligible announcements on station loudspeakers are both irritating and confusing.1953 August, “Station Announcements”, in Railway Magazine, page 506
- Beijing itself signified the transformation. When I visited in 1979 it was a grim city where every pedestrian dressed in a drab gray Mao jacket and every street corner had a loudspeaker repeating the sayings of Mao. The city was desolate and joyless.2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics, Scribner, →ISBN, page 221
- Synonyms:
- speaker
- Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
- An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
loudspeaker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
loudspeaker in Hindi
- transducer
- लाउडस्पीकर lāuḍaspīkar
loudspeaker in Tamil
- transducer
- ஒலிபெருக்கி oliperukki
loudspeaker in Marathi
- transducer
- लाउडस्पीकर lāuḍaspīkar, स्पीकर spīkar
loudspeaker in Malayalam
- speaker, monitor, woofer
- ലഡൗ്സ്പീക്കർ, ഉച്ചഭാഷിണി, കോളാമ്പി, പ്രസാരണി, സരണ, സരണി
More languagesFewer languages
- loudspeaker in Kannada
- ಉಲಿಯೇರು, ಉಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚುಕ, ಧ್ವನಿವರ್ಧಕ ಯಂತ್ರ, ಕೂಗುಮಾರಿ
- loudspeaker in Tagalog
- daktinig, palakas-tinig, altabos
- loudspeaker in Arabic
- مُحَوِّل طَاقَة muḥawwil ṭāqa, مِجْهَار mijhār, سَمَاعَة samāʕa
- loudspeaker in Malay
- pembesar suara
- loudspeaker in Indonesian
- pengeras suara, penyuara, sepiker
- loudspeaker in Thai
- ลำโพง lam-poong
- loudspeaker in Vietnamese
- loa, máy phát thanh
- loudspeaker in Myanmar
- အသံချဲ့စက် a.samhkyai.cak, အော်လန် aulan
Examples of loudspeaker in a sentence
- Click the loudspeaker icon to configure audio settings.
- A stern voice boomed over the loudspeaker.
- The efficiency of this loudspeaker is 40%.
Synonyms of loudspeaker
Forms of loudspeaker
| plural | loudspeakers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | loud speaker |
Origin of loudspeaker
From loud + speaker.
Phrases with loudspeaker
Questions about loudspeaker
- What does loudspeaker mean?
- Loudspeaker means an electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
- What is loudspeaker in Hindi?
- Loudspeaker in Hindi is लाउडस्पीकर (lāuḍaspīkar). See Loudspeaker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is loudspeaker?
- Loudspeaker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce loudspeaker?
- Loudspeaker is pronounced /laʊdˈspiːkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of loudspeaker?
- The plural of loudspeaker is loudspeakers.
Words near loudspeaker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: loudspeaker (page history and authors); loudspeaker (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); loudspeaker (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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