Meanings
nounplayback (usually uncountable, plural playbacks)
plural playbacks
- uncountableusuallyThe replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
- nonstandarduncountableusuallynon-native speakers' EnglishLip-syncing.
Origin
- Frenchplayback
- Englishplayback
From play + back. Sense 2 is from French playback, a pseudo-anglicism of this term.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَشْغِيل
- تَشْغِيل (tašḡīl)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
Catalan reproducció
- reproduccióreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Chinese Mandarin 回放, 重播
- 回放 (huífàng)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
- 重播 (chóngbō)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
- 重放 (chóngfàng)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
Czech přehrávání
- přehráváníreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Estonian taasesitus
- taasesitusreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Finnish toisto
- toistoreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
French lecture
- lecturereplaying of recorded sound or moving images
German Wiedergabe
- Wiedergabereplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Hungarian visszajátszás
- visszajátszásreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Italian reproduzione, playback
- reproduzionereplaying of recorded sound or moving images
- playbackreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Japanese 再生, プレーバック
- 再生 (saisei)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
- プレーバック (purēbakku)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
Korean 재생
- 재생 (jaesaeng)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
Polish playback
- playbackreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Portuguese reprodução
- reproduçãoreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Russian воспроизведе́ние, прои́грывание
- воспроизведе́ние (vosproizvedénije)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
- прои́грывание (proígryvanije)replaying of recorded sound or moving images
Spanish reproducción
- reproducciónreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Swedish uppspelning
- uppspelningreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Turkish geri oynatım
- geri oynatımreplaying of recorded sound or moving images
Cite this entry
APA
playback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playback
MLA
“playback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playback. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playback.
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