Meanings
dubbing1
noundubbing (countable and uncountable, plural dubbings)
plural dubbings
- countableuncountableThe conferral of knighthood; investment with a title.
- countableuncountablebroadcastingThe replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.
New genres are thus emerging as a consequence of foreign text dubbings (and subtitlings). Some original cartoons and films are also based on dubbings of foreign cartoons and films.
2013, Carmen Millan-Varela, Francesca Bartrina, The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies - countableuncountablebroadcastingThe process in which additional or supplementary recordings are "mixed" with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack.
- countableuncountableentertainmentThe transfer of recorded music from one medium to another.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dub
dubbing2
noun
- alternativeAlternative spelling of dubbin.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Afrikaans oorklanking
- oorklankingreplacement of voice
Arabic دَبْلَجَة
- دَبْلَجَة (dablaja)replacement of voice
Basque bikoizketa
- bikoizketareplacement of voice
Bulgarian дубла́ж
- дубла́ж (dubláž)replacement of voice
Catalan doblatge
- doblatgereplacement of voice
Chinese Mandarin 配音
- 配音 (pèiyīn)replacement of voice
Czech dabing
- dabingreplacement of voice
Danish eftersynkronisering
- eftersynkroniseringreplacement of voice
Dutch nasynchronisatie
- nasynchronisatiereplacement of voice
Esperanto voĉoaktorado, dublado
- voĉoaktoradoreplacement of voice
- dubladoreplacement of voice
Estonian dublaaž, dubleering
- dublaažreplacement of voice
- dubleeringreplacement of voice
Finnish jälkiäänitys, dubbaus
- jälkiäänitysreplacement of voice
- dubbausreplacement of voice
- jälkiäänitysprocess of mixing additional voice material to a film
- kopiointitransfer of recorded music
French adoubement, doublage
- adoubementconferral of knighthood
- doublagereplacement of voice
German Synchronisation, Synchronisierung
- Synchronisationreplacement of voice
- Synchronisierungreplacement of voice
Greek μεταγλώττιση
- μεταγλώττιση (metaglóttisi)replacement of voice
Hebrew דיבוב
- דיבוב (dibúv)replacement of voice
Hindi डबिंग
- डबिंग (ḍabiṅg)replacement of voice
Hungarian szinkron
- szinkronreplacement of voice
Icelandic talsetning
- talsetningreplacement of voice
Indonesian sulih suara, dabing
- sulih suarareplacement of voice
- dabingreplacement of voice
Italian doppiaggio, doppiaggio
- doppiaggioreplacement of voice
- doppiaggiotransfer of recorded music
Japanese 吹き替え, ダビング
- 吹き替え (fukikae)replacement of voice
- ダビング (dabingu)replacement of voice
Korean 더빙
- 더빙 (deobing)replacement of voice
Latvian dublēšana
- dublēšanareplacement of voice
Lithuanian įgarsinimas, dubliavimas
- įgarsinimasreplacement of voice
- dubliavimasreplacement of voice
Malay alih suara, dabing
- alih suarareplacement of voice
- dabingreplacement of voice
Norwegian versjonering
- versjoneringreplacement of voice
Persian دوبلاژ
- دوبلاژ (dublâž)replacement of voice
Polish dubbing
- dubbingreplacement of voice
Portuguese dublagem, dobragem
- dublagemreplacement of voice
- dobragemreplacement of voice
Romanian dublaj
- dublajreplacement of voice
Russian дубли́рование, дубля́ж
- дубли́рование (dublírovanije)replacement of voice
- дубля́ж (dubljáž)replacement of voice
- переза́пись (perezápisʹ)transfer of recorded music
Slovak dabing
- dabingreplacement of voice
Spanish doblaje
- doblajereplacement of voice
Swedish dubbning
- dubbningreplacement of voice
Tamil ஒலிச்சேர்க்கை
- ஒலிச்சேர்க்கை (oliccērkkai)replacement of voice
Thai การพากย์, พากย์
- การพากย์replacement of voice
- พากย์ (pâak)replacement of voice
Turkish dublaj
- dublajreplacement of voice
Ukrainian дублюва́ння, дубля́ж
- дублюва́ння (dubljuvánnja)replacement of voice
- дубля́ж (dubljáž)replacement of voice
Vietnamese lồng tiếng
- lồng tiếngreplacement of voice
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
dubbing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubbing
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“dubbing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubbing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dubbing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubbing.
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