audible

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UK/ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/US, dialectal/ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/US, dialectal[ˈɔ.ɾɪ.bəl]US, cot caught merger, dialectal/ˈɑ.dɪ.bəl/

adjective

Able to be heard.

“The audible changed the play to a run.”

Similar
hearablesoundedvocalclearclunkysonicsounding
Opposite
inaudiblequietsilentsoundless
OriginMiddle French audible ← Late Latin audibilis ← Latin audire →
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Meanings

adjectiveaudible (comparative more audible, superlative most audible)

comparative more audible · superlative most audible

  1. Able to be heard.

    "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]

    1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

    Synonyms: hearable, sounded, vocal, clear, hearable

verbaudible (third-person singular simple present audibles, present participle audibling, simple past and past participle audibled)

present singular third person audibles · participle present audibling · participle past audibled · past audibled

  1. intransitiveAmerican footballTo change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

    The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.

nounaudible (plural audibles)

plural audibles

  1. American footballThe act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

    The audible changed the play to a run.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAble to be heard.

Similar
hearablesoundedvocalclearhearable
Opposite
inaudiblequietsilentsoundless

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveheard or perceptible by the ear

Similar
hearableclunkysonicsounding
Opposite
inaudible
Also see
clearclunkyhearablesonicsoundingvocal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinaudire“to hear”
  2. Late Latinaudibilis
  3. Middle Frenchaudible
  4. Englishaudible

Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).

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Translations

Arabic مَسْمُوع
  • مَسْمُوع (masmūʕ)able to be heard
Bulgarian чуваем, доловим
  • чуваем (čuvaem)able to be heard
  • доловим (dolovim)able to be heard
Catalan oïble, audible
  • oïbleable to be heard
  • audibleable to be heard
Chinese Mandarin 聽得見的 /听得见的
  • 聽得見的 /听得见的 (tīng dé jiàn de)able to be heard
Czech slyšitelný
  • slyšitelnýable to be heard
Danish hørbar, hørlig
  • hørbarable to be heard
  • hørligable to be heard
Dutch hoorbaar
  • hoorbaarable to be heard
Esperanto aŭdebla
  • aŭdeblaable to be heard
Estonian kuuldav
  • kuuldavable to be heard
Finnish kuuluva
  • kuuluvaable to be heard
French audible
  • audibleable to be heard
German hörbar
  • hörbarable to be heard
Greek ακουστός
  • ακουστός (akoustós)able to be heard
Hungarian hallható
  • hallhatóable to be heard
Icelandic heyranlegur
  • heyranlegurable to be heard
Irish inchloiste, inchluinte
  • inchloisteable to be heard
  • inchluinteable to be heard
Italian udibile
  • udibileable to be heard
Japanese 可聴な, 耳に聞こえる
  • 可聴な (kachō na)able to be heard
  • 耳に聞こえる (mimi ni kikoeru)able to be heard
Korean 들를 수 있는
  • 들를 수 있는 (deulleul su inneun)able to be heard
Latin audibilis
  • audibilisable to be heard
Norwegian Bokmål hørbar, hørlig
  • hørbarable to be heard
  • hørligable to be heard
Polish słyszalny
  • słyszalnyable to be heard
Portuguese audível
  • audívelable to be heard
Romanian auzibil
  • auzibilable to be heard
Russian слы́шный, слы́шимый
  • слы́шный (slýšnyj)able to be heard
  • слы́шимый (slýšimyj)able to be heard
Scottish Gaelic so-chlaistinneach, cluinntineach
  • so-chlaistinneachable to be heard
  • cluinntineachable to be heard
  • so-chluinntinnable to be heard
  • so-chloisteable to be heard
  • osgarraable to be heard
  • labharable to be heard
Spanish oíble, audible
  • oíbleable to be heard
  • audibleable to be heard
Swedish hörbar
  • hörbarable to be heard
Turkish işitilir, işitilebilir
  • işitilirable to be heard
  • işitilebilirable to be heard
  • duyulurable to be heard
  • duyulabilirable to be heard
Ukrainian чу́тний
  • чу́тний (čútnyj)able to be heard
Welsh clywadwy, clywedog
  • clywadwyable to be heard
  • clywedogable to be heard
  • hyglywable to be heard
  • trylaisable to be heard
Cite this entry
APA

audible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audible

MLA

“audible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audible. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audible.

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