Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

audio-

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
au-dio-
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Sound.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Italic *awizdiō Latin audi(ō) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English audio- From the root audi of Latin audiō (“to hear; to listen”) + -o-. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

audio

Questions

What does audio- mean?
Sound.
Where does audio- come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce audio-

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “audio-”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “audio-”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “audio-” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.