audiovisual

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UK/ˌɔː.di.əʊˈvɪ.zjʊ.əl/UK/-ʒʊ.əl/US/ˌɔ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/cot caught merger/ˌɑ.di.oʊˈvɪ.ʒu.əl/

adjective

Containing both aural and visual elements.

“They put together a stunning audiovisual presentation, with movies and music as well as plenty of information.”

Similar
audiovisual aid
Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveaudiovisual (not comparable)

alternative audio-visual

  1. not comparableContaining both aural and visual elements.

    They put together a stunning audiovisual presentation, with movies and music as well as plenty of information.

    1 more example

    CNN and more than a dozen media outlets and groups asked US District Judge Tanya Chutkan for permission to “record and telecast” the March 2024 trial or for the court to “contemporaneously publish on YouTube its internally administered audiovisual livestreams and recordings of the proceedings.”

    2023 October 5, Devan Cole, “Media outlets ask judge for permission to broadcast Trump’s federal election subversion trial next year”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmaterials using sight or sound to present information

Similar
audiovisual aid
Broader
teaching aid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*awizdiō
  4. Latinaudi(ō)
  5. Englishaudio-
  6. Englishvisual
  7. Englishaudiovisual

From audio- + visual.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans oudiovisueel
  • oudiovisueelaudiovisual
Catalan audiovisual
  • audiovisualaudiovisual
Chinese Mandarin 視聽 /视听
  • 視聽 /视听 (shìtīng)audiovisual
Czech audiovizuální
  • audiovizuálníaudiovisual
Dutch audiovisueel
  • audiovisueelaudiovisual
Estonian audiovisuaalne
  • audiovisuaalneaudiovisual
Finnish audiovisuaalinen
  • audiovisuaalinenaudiovisual
French audiovisuel
  • audiovisuelaudiovisual
German audiovisuell
  • audiovisuellaudiovisual
Greek οπτικοακουστικών
  • οπτικοακουστικών (optikoakoustikón)audiovisual
Hindi श्रव्य-दृश्य
  • श्रव्य-दृश्य (śravya-dŕśya)audiovisual
Hungarian audiovizuális
  • audiovizuálisaudiovisual
Indonesian audiovisual
  • audiovisualaudiovisual
Italian audiovisivo
  • audiovisivoaudiovisual
Japanese 視聴, 視聴覚
  • 視聴 (shichō)audiovisual
  • 視聴覚 (shichōkaku)audiovisual
Korean 시청각
  • 시청각 (sicheonggak)audiovisual
Norwegian Bokmål audiovisuell
  • audiovisuellaudiovisual
Polish słuchowo-wzrokowy, audiowizualny
  • słuchowo-wzrokowyaudiovisual
  • audiowizualnyaudiovisual
Portuguese audiovisual
  • audiovisualaudiovisual
Romanian audio-vizual
  • audio-vizualaudiovisual
Russian аудиовизуа́льный
  • аудиовизуа́льный (audiovizuálʹnyj)audiovisual
Spanish audiovisual
  • audiovisualaudiovisual
Swedish audiovisuell, audiovisuel
  • audiovisuellaudiovisual
  • audiovisuelaudiovisual
Tagalog dinig-tanawin
  • dinig-tanawinaudiovisual
Turkish görsel-işitsel
  • görsel-işitselaudiovisual
Urdu سَمْعِی بَصْرِی
  • سَمْعِی بَصْرِی (sam'ī basrī)audiovisual
Vietnamese nghe nhìn, thính thị
  • nghe nhìnaudiovisual
  • thính thịaudiovisual
Cite this entry
APA

audiovisual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiovisual

MLA

“audiovisual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiovisual. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audiovisual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audiovisual.

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