Meanings
nounstethoscope (plural stethoscopes)
plural stethoscopes
- medicineA medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
verbstethoscope (third-person singular simple present stethoscopes, present participle stethoscoping, simple past and past participle stethoscoped)
present singular third person stethoscopes · participle present stethoscoping · participle past stethoscoped · past stethoscoped
- transitiveTo auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
you wish me to submit to be stethoscoped; if so, you shall be gratified, although the prospect of undergoing that, or any other operation at Mr. Pigwidgeon's hands, is not the most agreeable
1852, Marmion Wilme Savage, Reuben Medlicott; or, the Coming Man
Origin
- Frenchstéthoscope
- Englishstethoscope
Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans stetoskoop
- stetoskoopmedical instrument
Arabic سَمَّاعَةُ الطَّبِيب, سَمَّاعَة
- سَمَّاعَةُ الطَّبِيب (sammāʕatu ṭ-ṭabīb)medical instrument
- سَمَّاعَة (sammāʕa)medical instrument
- مِسْمَاعُ الصَّدْر (mismāʕu ṣ-ṣadr)medical instrument
Basque estetoskopio
- estetoskopiomedical instrument
Bengali স্টেথোস্কোপ
- স্টেথোস্কোপ (sṭethōskōp)medical instrument
Bulgarian стетоско́п, слуша́лка
- стетоско́п (stetoskóp)medical instrument
- слуша́лка (slušálka)medical instrument
Catalan estetoscopi
- estetoscopimedical instrument
Chinese Cantonese 聽診器 /听诊器, 聽筒 /听筒
- 聽診器 /听诊器 (teng¹ can² hei³)medical instrument
- 聽筒 /听筒medical instrument
Chinese Mandarin 聽診器 /听诊器
- 聽診器 /听诊器 (tīngzhěnqì)medical instrument
Czech stetoskop
- stetoskopmedical instrument
Danish stetoskop
- stetoskopmedical instrument
Dutch stethoscoop
- stethoscoopmedical instrument
Esperanto stetoskopo
- stetoskopomedical instrument
Estonian stetoskoop
- stetoskoopmedical instrument
Finnish stetoskooppi
- stetoskooppimedical instrument
French stéthoscope
- stéthoscopemedical instrument
German Stethoskop
- Stethoskopmedical instrument
Greek στηθοσκόπιο
- στηθοσκόπιο (stithoskópio)medical instrument
Hebrew סְטֶתוֹסְקוֹפּ, סְטָטוֹסְקוֹפּ
- סְטֶתוֹסְקוֹפּ (stetoskóp)medical instrument
- סְטָטוֹסְקוֹפּ (statoskóp)medical instrument
- מַסְכֵּת (maskét)medical instrument
Hindi स्टेथोस्कोप, परिश्रावक
- स्टेथोस्कोप (sṭethoskop)medical instrument
- परिश्रावक (pariśrāvak)medical instrument
Hungarian sztetoszkóp
- sztetoszkópmedical instrument
Icelandic hlustunarpípa
- hlustunarpípamedical instrument
Indonesian stetoskop
- stetoskopmedical instrument
Irish steiteascóp
- steiteascópmedical instrument
Italian stetoscopio
- stetoscopiomedical instrument
Japanese 聴診器
- 聴診器 (chōshinki)medical instrument
Korean 청진기
- 청진기 (cheongjin'gi)medical instrument
Latin stethoscopium
- stethoscopiummedical instrument
Latvian stetoskops
- stetoskopsmedical instrument
Lithuanian stetoskopas
- stetoskopasmedical instrument
Malay stetoskop
- stetoskopmedical instrument
Norwegian Bokmål stetoskop
- stetoskopmedical instrument
Polish stetoskop, słuchawka
- stetoskopmedical instrument
- słuchawkamedical instrument
Portuguese estetoscópio
- estetoscópiomedical instrument
Romanian stetoscop
- stetoscopmedical instrument
Russian стетоско́п
- стетоско́п (stetoskóp)medical instrument
Scottish Gaelic steatasgop
- steatasgopmedical instrument
Slovak stetoskop
- stetoskopmedical instrument
Spanish estetoscopio
- estetoscopiomedical instrument
Swedish stetoskop
- stetoskopmedical instrument
Tagalog diblinig, estetoskopyo
- diblinigmedical instrument
- estetoskopyomedical instrument
- istetoskopmedical instrument
Tamil சப்தசோதனைக்குழல், இதயத்துடிப்பு மானி
- சப்தசோதனைக்குழல் (captacōtaṉaikkuḻal)medical instrument
- இதயத்துடிப்பு மானி (itayattuṭippu māṉi)medical instrument
Thai เครื่องฟังตรวจ
- เครื่องฟังตรวจ (krʉ̂ʉang-fang-dtrùuat)medical instrument
Turkish stetoskop
- stetoskopmedical instrument
Ukrainian стетоско́п
- стетоско́п (stetoskóp)medical instrument
Urdu صَدْر بِین, نَبّاض
- صَدْر بِین (sadr bīn)medical instrument
- نَبّاض (nabbāz)medical instrument
Vietnamese ống nghe
- ống nghemedical instrument
Welsh stethosgop, stethosgob
- stethosgopmedical instrument
- stethosgobmedical instrument
Cite this entry
APA
stethoscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stethoscope
MLA
“stethoscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stethoscope. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stethoscope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stethoscope.
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