Meanings
comparative more inaudible · superlative most inaudible
- Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.
Dogs can hear this whistle, but for people it is inaudible.
1 more example
At first his voice was almost inaudible; but soon the spirit mastered the body, and his hollow but distinct tones gained a supernatural strength.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 267Synonyms: quiet, silent, soundless, voiceless · Antonyms: audible, loud, vocal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUnable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveimpossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans onhoorbaar
- onhoorbaarunable to be heard
Ancient Greek ἀνήκουστος
- ἀνήκουστος (anḗkoustos)unable to be heard
Bulgarian недоловим
- недоловим (nedolovim)unable to be heard
Catalan inoïble, inaudible
- inoïbleunable to be heard
- inaudibleunable to be heard
Dutch onhoorbaar
- onhoorbaarunable to be heard
Esperanto neaŭdebla
- neaŭdeblaunable to be heard
Finnish kuulumaton
- kuulumatonunable to be heard
French inaudible
- inaudibleunable to be heard
German unhörbar, nicht zu hören
- unhörbarunable to be heard
- nicht zu hörenunable to be heard
Hungarian nem/rosszul/alig hallható/érthető/kivehető, kivehetetlen
- nem/rosszul/alig hallható/érthető/kivehetőunable to be heard
- kivehetetlenunable to be heard
- érthetetlenunable to be heard
- hallhatatlanunable to be heard
Irish dochloiste, dochluinte
- dochloisteunable to be heard
- dochluinteunable to be heard
Japanese 静かな, 聞こえない
- 静かな (shizuka na)unable to be heard
- 聞こえない (kikoenai)unable to be heard
- 不可聴な (fukachō na)unable to be heard
Korean 들를 수 없는
- 들를 수 없는 (deulleul su eomneun)unable to be heard
Latin inaudibilis
- inaudibilisunable to be heard
Norwegian Bokmål uhørlig
- uhørligunable to be heard
Polish niesłyszalny
- niesłyszalnyunable to be heard
Portuguese inaudível
- inaudívelunable to be heard
Romanian neauzibil, inauzibil
- neauzibilunable to be heard
- inauzibilunable to be heard
Russian неслы́шный
- неслы́шный (neslýšnyj)unable to be heard
Spanish inaudible
- inaudibleunable to be heard
Swedish ohörbar
- ohörbarunable to be heard
Turkish duyulamaz
- duyulamazunable to be heard
Ukrainian нечу́тний
- нечу́тний (nečútnyj)unable to be heard
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Cite this entry
inaudible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaudible
“inaudible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaudible. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inaudible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaudible.
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