loudspeaker

English

Etymology

loud +‎ speaker

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /laʊdˈspiːkə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/

Noun

loudspeaker (plural loudspeakers)

An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
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.

Synonyms

(electromechanical transducer): speaker
(encasing containing loudspeakers): speaker enclosure, loudspeaker cabinet, speaker enclosure, loudspeaker enclosure

Descendants

→ Danish: højtaler, højttaler (calque) (calque)
→ Dutch: luidspreker (calque)
→ French: haut-parleur (calque)
→ German: Lautsprecher (calque)
→ Italian: altoparlante (calque)
→ Russian: громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ) (calque)
→ Ukrainian: гучномо́вець (hučnomóvecʹ) (calque)

Translations

transducer

Albanian: lartëfolës f, altoparlant (sq) m, zëdhënës (sq) m
Arabic: مُحَوِّل طَاقَة m (muḥawwil ṭāqa), مِجْهَار m (mijhār), سَمَاعَة f (samāʕa)
Armenian: բարձրախոս (hy) (barjraxos)
Belarusian: гучнагавары́цель m (hučnahavarýcjelʹ), спі́кер m (spíkjer), дына́мік m (dynámik)
Bulgarian: високоговори́тел (bg) m (visokogovorítel)
Burmese: အသံချဲ့စက် (my) (a.samhkyai.cak), အော်လန် (my) (aulan)
Catalan: altaveu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 擴音器／扩音器 (zh) (kuòyīnqì), 揚聲器／扬声器 (zh) (yángshēngqì), 喇叭 (zh) (lǎba), 擴音機／扩音机 (zh) (kuòyīnjī)
Crimean Tatar: ses yañğıratqıçı
Czech: reproduktor (cs) m
Danish: højtaler (da) c, højttaler (da) c
Dutch: luidspreker (nl) m
Esperanto: laŭtparolilo
Estonian: valjuhääldi (et)
Faroese: hátalari m
Finnish: kaiutin (fi), kajari (fi), kovaääninen (fi), ämyri (fi)
French: haut-parleur (fr) m
Galician: altofalante (gl) m
Georgian: ხმამაღლამოლაპარაკე (xmamaɣlamolaṗaraḳe)
German: Lautsprecher (de) m
Greek: μεγάφωνο (el) n (megáfono)
Hebrew: רַמְקוֹל (he) (ramkol)
Hindi: लाउडस्पीकर m (lāuḍaspīkar)
Hungarian: hangszóró (hu)
Icelandic: hátalari (is) m
Indonesian: pengeras suara (id), pelantang, sepiker (id) (colloquial)
Irish: callaire (ga) m
Italian: altoparlante (it) m
Japanese: 拡声器 (ja) (かくせいき, kakuseiki), 拡声機 (かくせいき, kakuseiki), ラウドスピーカー (ja) (raudosupīkā), スピーカー (ja) (supīkā)
Khmer: អូប៉ាល័រ (ʼoupaalɔə), បំពង់ឧគ្ឃោសនស័ព្ទ (bɑmpŭəng ʼukkhoosaʼnaʼ sap)
Korean: 확성기(擴聲器) (ko) (hwakseonggi), 스피커 (ko) (seupikeo), 경음기(警音機) (gyeong'eumgi) (North Korea)
Lao: ດອກເຂືອບ້າ (dǭk khư̄a bā), ລຳໂພງ (lam phōng), ເຄື່ອງຂຍາຽສຽງ (khư̄ang kha nyāi sīang)
Latvian: skaļrunis m, reproduktors m
Lithuanian: garsiakalbis m
Macedonian: звучник m (zvučnik)
Malay: pembesar suara
Maori: tukuoro
Marathi: लाउडस्पीकर m (lāuḍaspīkar), स्पीकर m (spīkar)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чанга яричг (čanga jaričg), өсгөгч (mn) (ösgögč) (hifi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høgtaler m, høytaler (no) m, høyttaler m

Nynorsk: høgtalar m
Polish: głośnik (pl) m
Portuguese: (Brazil) alto-falante (pt) m, (Portugal) altifalante m, coluna (pt) f
Romanian: difuzor (ro) n
Russian: громкоговори́тель (ru) m (gromkogovorítelʹ), репроду́ктор (ru) m (reprodúktor), дина́мик (ru) m (dinámik), спи́кер (ru) m (spíker)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зву̑чнӣк m

Roman: zvȗčnīk (sh) m
Slovak: reproduktor m
Slovene: zvočnik (sl) m
Spanish: altavoz (es) m, altoparlante (es) m (Am.)
Swedish: högtalare (sv) c
Tagalog: daktinig, palakas-tinig, altabos
Tamil: ஒலிபெருக்கி (ta) (oliperukki)
Thai: ลำโพง (th) (lam-poong)
Turkish: hoparlör (tr)
Ukrainian: гучномо́вець m (hučnomóvecʹ), спі́кер m (spíker), дина́мік m (dynámik)
Vietnamese: loa (vi), máy phát thanh

encasing

Bulgarian: тонколо́на f (tonkolóna)
Danish: højtaler (da)
Estonian: kõlar (et)
Finnish: kaiutin (fi), kajari (fi), kovaääninen (fi), ämyri (fi)
French: enceinte acoustique (fr) f
German: Lautsprecherbox f, Box (de) f
Hungarian: hangfal (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høgtaler m, høytaler (no) m, høyttaler m

Nynorsk: høgtalar m
Portuguese: caixa de som
Russian: громкоговори́тель (ru) m (gromkogovorítelʹ)
Spanish: caja acústica
Swedish: högtalare (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} laŭtparolilo
Italian: ^{(please verify)} altoparlante (it) m

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