"foley" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfoʊli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foley.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foleys [plural]
Etymology: Named after sound effects pioneer Jack Foley; the surname Foley itself is from Irish Ó Foghlú and Old Irish Ó Foghladha (“plunderer”). Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|sound effects pioneer||||}} sound effects pioneer, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Jack Foley}} Jack Foley, {{named-after|en|Jack Foley|occ=sound effects pioneer|wplink=Jack Foley (sound effects)}} Named after sound effects pioneer Jack Foley, {{der|en|ga|Ó Foghlú}} Irish Ó Foghlú, {{der|en|sga|Ó Foghladha||plunderer}} Old Irish Ó Foghladha (“plunderer”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foley (countable and uncountable, plural foleys)
  1. (uncountable, US) The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images. Tags: US, uncountable Translations (creation of sound effects): kreado de sonefektoj (Esperanto), sonefektofarado (Esperanto), bruitage [masculine] (French), Geräuschemachen [neuter] (German), Foley [masculine] (German), 擬音 (Japanese), realizacja dźwięku [feminine] (Polish), sonoplastia [feminine] (Portuguese), tramp [neuter] (Swedish), foley (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foley-en-noun-imbqeBy7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 37 35 Disambiguation of 'creation of sound effects': 65 18 18
  2. (countable, US) A foley artist. Tags: US, countable
    Sense id: en-foley-en-noun-FZTBgacI Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 37 35
  3. (medicine, colloquial) A Foley catheter. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-foley-en-noun-RFBUx7rg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 37 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 26 53 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foley session

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for foley meaning in English (4.9kB)

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