autodub

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verb

To replace the audio of a video with a translation created by AI or an algorithm.

OriginEnglish dub ← New Latin automaticus ← Classical Latin automatum →
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Meanings

verbautodub (third-person singular simple present autodubs, present participle autodubbing, simple past and past participle autodubbed)

present singular third person autodubs · participle present autodubbing · participle past autodubbed · past autodubbed · alternative auto-dub · alternative auto dub

  1. To replace the audio of a video with a translation created by AI or an algorithm.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  14. Classical Latinautomatum
  15. New Latinautomaticus
  16. Englishautomaticclip.
  17. Englishauto-
  18. Englishdub
  19. Englishautodub

From auto- + dub.

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Cite this entry
APA

autodub. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodub

MLA

“autodub.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodub. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autodub,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autodub.

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