different between speaker vs stereo

English

Etymology

From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English speca, spreca (“speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekô (“speaker”), equivalent to speak +? -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Spreeker (“speaker”), West Frisian sprekker (“speaker”), Dutch spreker (“speaker”), German Low German Spreker (“speaker”), German Sprecher (“speaker”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?spik?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?spi?k?/
• Rhymes: -i?k?(?)

Noun

speaker (plural speakers)

1. One who speaks.
   • 1989, R. Norman Whybray, Ecclesiastes, A&C Black (?ISBN), page 15:

     This title is derived from the first verse of the book (1.1), which is a heading or colophon informing the reader who this Qoheleth was: he was the author of the book, or at least the speaker of the words which are contained in it ...

2. Loudspeaker.

3. Speakerphone.
4. (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
5. One who makes a speech to an audience.

6. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
8. (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
   • 2002, Merlin Donald, A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness, W. W. Norton & Company (?ISBN), page 242:

     The speaker spelled out the words to be communicated, letter by letter, while the reader's hand read the speaker's message. In its original form the hand alphabet assumed that both speaker and reader could already speak and spell the words ...

   2. (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.

9. (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

Synonyms

• talker

Translations

Further reading

• Link to web page on Speaker of the House of Commons (3)

Anagrams

• Preseka, parkees, peakers, re-speak, respake, respeak

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spik?/
• Hyphenation: spea?ker

Noun

speaker

1. (colloquial) loudspeaker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi.kœ?/

Noun

speaker m (plural speakers, feminine speakerine)

1. announcer
2. speaker (in parliament)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi.ker/, /?spi.kar/

Noun

speaker m (invariable)

1. announcer, commentator (radio, TV)
2. speaker (parliamentary)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spike?/, [?spi.ke?]

• IPA^(key): /es?pike?/, [es?pi.ke?]

Noun

speaker m or f (plural speakers or speaker)

1. speaker (in parliament)

English

Etymology

Shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived from Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “solid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??i.??/

Noun

stereo (countable and uncountable, plural stereos)

1. A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two channels, each playing a portion of the original sound in such a way as to create the illusion of locating the sound at a particular position, each offset from the other, thereby more accurately imitating the location of the original sound when the recorded or reproduced sound is heard.
2. (by extension) Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.

3. (printing, colloquial) A stereotype.

Synonyms

• (object or device): hi-fi, music centre, console, radiogram

Translations

Adjective

stereo (not comparable)

1. Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo.
2. Of a pair of images: one depicting the view as would be seen from one eye and the other from the other eye, so that when viewed appropriately, they combine to give an impression of three dimensions.

Synonyms

• (of sound): in stereo, stereophonic
• (of a pair of images): in stereo, stereographic

Antonyms

• (of sound): mono, monophonic, monaural

Translations

Verb

stereo (third-person singular simple present stereos, present participle stereoing, simple past and past participle stereoed)

1. (transitive) To create a stereophotographic image of.

Related terms

See also

• surround sound

Anagrams

• Eostre, Rosete, e-store, erotes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English stereo, shortening of stereophonic and a few other terms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ste?.ri.o?/, /?ste?.re?.o?/
• Hyphenation: ste?reo

Adjective

stereo (invariable, comparative meer stereo, superlative meest stereo)

1. stereo, stereophonic

Inflection

Adverb

stereo

1. stereo, stereophonically

Noun

stereo f (plural stereo's, diminutive stereootje n)

1. A stereo set, a stereo installation

Derived terms

• stereo-installatie
• stereoset

Related terms

• stereo-

Finnish

Noun

stereo

1. stereo

Declension

Derived terms

• stereot

Anagrams

• roseet

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?.re.o/
• Hyphenation: stè?reo

Etymology 1

Clipping of stereofonico.

Adjective

stereo (invariable)

1. stereo, stereophonic

   Synonym: stereofonico

Noun

stereo m (invariable)

1. stereo (radio, boombox, etc.)

Etymology 2

Clipping of stereofonia.

Noun

stereo f (invariable)

1. stereophony

Etymology 3

From translingual Stereum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “firm, solid”).

Noun

stereo m (plural sterei)

1. Any fungus of the genus Stereum

Anagrams

• estero, tesero, teserò

References

• stereo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• stereo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

From French stéréo.

Adjective

stereo m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. stereo

Declension