haut-parleur

French

Alternative forms

HP (abbreviation)

Etymology

From haut +‎ parleur, a calque of English loudspeaker.

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /o.paʁ.lœʁ/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Rhymes: -œʁ
Homophone: haut-parleurs

Noun

haut-parleur m (plural haut-parleurs)

loudspeaker

Descendants

→ Turkish: hoparlör
- → Northern Kurdish: hoparlor

Further reading

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

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