Meanings
plural audiobooks · alternative audio-book · alternative audio book
- A recording, usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book.
Matt Semrad is an avid reader and devours audiobooks from the library — about one a week. He also spends several hours each day walking his two black doodles, Sirius and Sonny.
2023 July 2, Brandon Griggs, “We’re multitasking while walking our dogs. Animal experts say this is a problem”, in CNN1 more example
Trump’s take on his relationship with Kim – and his admission that he didn’t have a broader strategy behind the threats he made about having a “much bigger” nuclear button – are part of a new audiobook that Woodward is releasing.
2022 October 18, Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Stuart and Jeremy Herb, “Exclusive: Bob Woodward releasing new audiobook ‘The Trump Tapes’ with eight hours of recorded interviews”, in CNNSynonyms: talking book
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA recording, usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*awizdiō
- Latinaudi(ō)
- Englishaudio-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*bōks
- Proto-West Germanic*bōk
- Old Englishbōc
- Middle Englishbok
- Englishbook
- Englishaudiobook
Translations
Arabic كِتَاب مَسْمُوع, كِتَاب سَمْعِيّ
- كِتَاب مَسْمُوع (kitāb masmūʕ)audiobook
- كِتَاب سَمْعِيّ (kitāb samʕiyy)audiobook
Bulgarian аудиокни́га, кни́га за слу́шане
- аудиокни́га (audiokníga)audiobook
- кни́га за слу́шане (kníga za slúšane)audiobook
- гово́реща кни́га (govórešta kníga)audiobook
Catalan audiollibre
- audiollibreaudiobook
Chinese Mandarin 有聲讀物 /有声读物, 音像圖書 /音像图书
- 有聲讀物 /有声读物 (yǒushēng dúwù)audiobook
- 音像圖書 /音像图书 (yīnxiàng túshū)audiobook
- 有聲書 /有声书 (yǒushēngshū)audiobook
- 有聲書籍 /有声书籍 (yǒushēng shūjí)audiobook
Czech audiokniha
- audioknihaaudiobook
Danish lydbog
- lydbogaudiobook
Dutch luisterboek
- luisterboekaudiobook
Esperanto sonlibro
- sonlibroaudiobook
Estonian audioraamat
- audioraamataudiobook
Finnish äänikirja
- äänikirjaaudiobook
French livre audio, livre sonore
- livre audioaudiobook
- livre sonoreaudiobook
German Hörbuch, Audiobuch
- Hörbuchaudiobook
- Audiobuchaudiobook
- Audiobookaudiobook
Greek ηχητικό βιβλίο
- ηχητικό βιβλίο (ichitikó vivlío)audiobook
Hebrew ספר מוקלט
- ספר מוקלטaudiobook
Hindi श्रव्यपुस्तक
- श्रव्यपुस्तक (śravyapustak)audiobook
Hungarian hangoskönyv
- hangoskönyvaudiobook
Icelandic hljóðbók
- hljóðbókaudiobook
Indonesian buku audio
- buku audioaudiobook
Irish closleabhar
- closleabharaudiobook
Italian audiolibro
- audiolibroaudiobook
Japanese オーディオブック
- オーディオブック (ōdiobukku)audiobook
Korean 오디오북
- 오디오북 (odiobuk)audiobook
Latvian klausāmgrāmata, audiogrāmata
- klausāmgrāmataaudiobook
- audiogrāmataaudiobook
Lithuanian audioknyga
- audioknygaaudiobook
Malay buku audio
- buku audioaudiobook
Norwegian Bokmål lydbok
- lydbokaudiobook
Persian کتاب گویا, کتاب صوتی
- کتاب گویا (ketâb-e guyâ)audiobook
- کتاب صوتی (ketâb-e sowti)audiobook
Polish książka mówiona, audiobook
- książka mówionaaudiobook
- audiobookaudiobook
Portuguese audiolivro, livro falado
- audiolivroaudiobook
- livro faladoaudiobook
Romanian carte vorbită, carte audio
- carte vorbităaudiobook
- carte audioaudiobook
Russian аудиокни́га, аудио-кни́га
- аудиокни́га (audiokníga)audiobook
- аудио-кни́га (audio-kníga)audiobook
- аудиобу́к (audiobúk)audiobook
Slovak zvuková kniha, audiokniha
- zvuková knihaaudiobook
- audioknihaaudiobook
- hovoriaca knihaaudiobook
Spanish audiolibro
- audiolibroaudiobook
Swedish ljudbok, talbok
- ljudbokaudiobook
- talbokaudiobook
Tamil ஒலிநூல்
- ஒலிநூல் (olinūl)audiobook
Thai หนังสือเสียง
- หนังสือเสียง (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-sǐiang)audiobook
Turkish sesli kitap
- sesli kitapaudiobook
Ukrainian аудіокни́га, звукова́ кни́га
- аудіокни́га (audioknýha)audiobook
- звукова́ кни́га (zvuková knýha)audiobook
Vietnamese sách nghe, sách nói
- sách ngheaudiobook
- sách nóiaudiobook
Cite this entry
audiobook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiobook
“audiobook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiobook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audiobook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiobook.
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