loudspeaker

English

Etymology

From loud +‎ speaker.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /laʊdˈspiːkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/

Noun

loudspeaker (plural loudspeakers)

2. An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
   • 1953 August, “Station Announcements”, in Railway Magazine, page 506:

     Unintelligible announcements on station loudspeakers are both irritating and confusing.

   • 2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics‎^[1], Scribner, →ISBN, page 221:

     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.

3. Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
4. 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, loudspeaker enclosure

Descendants

• → Belarusian: гучнагавары́цель (hučnahavarýcjelʹ) (calque)
• → Bulgarian: високоговори́тел (visokogovorítel) (calque)
• → Danish: højtaler, højttaler (calque)
• → Dutch: luidspreker (calque)
• → Estonian: valjuhääldi (calque)
• → French: haut-parleur (calque)
• → German: Lautsprecher (calque)
• → Icelandic: hátalari (calque)
• → Italian: altoparlante (calque)
• → Latvian: skaļrunis (calque)
• → Lithuanian: garsiakalbis (calque)
• → Marathi: लाउडस्पीकर (lāuḍaspīkar)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: høyttaler, høgtaler, høytaler (calque)
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: høgtalar (calque)
• → Russian: громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ) (calque)
• → Ukrainian: гучномо́вець (hučnomóvecʹ) (calque)
• → Yiddish: הויכרעדער (hoykhreder) (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
• Yiddish: הויכרעדער m (hoykhreder), הילכער m (hilkher), דינאַמיק m (dinamik)

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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