"inaudible" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inaudible.wav
Etymology: From in- + audible. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|audible}} in- + audible Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inaudible (not comparable)
  1. Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Hearing, Silence Synonyms: quiet, silent, soundless, voiceless Related terms: inaudibly, inaudibility, unlistenable Translations (unable to be heard): onhoorbaar (Afrikaans), ἀνήκουστος (anḗkoustos) (Ancient Greek), անլսելի (anlseli) (Armenian), չլսվող (čʻlsvoġ) (Armenian), անձայն (anjayn) (Armenian), нячу́тны (njačútny) (Belarusian), недоловим (nedolovim) (Bulgarian), inoïble (Catalan), inaudible (Catalan), onhoorbaar (Dutch), neaŭdebla (Esperanto), kuulumaton (Finnish), inaudible (French), inaudible (Galician), inaudíbel (Galician), unhörbar (German), nicht zu hören (German), nem hallható (Hungarian), kivehetetlen (Hungarian), hallhatatlan (Hungarian), dochloiste (Irish), dochluinte (Irish), 静かな (shizuka na) (alt: しずかな) (Japanese), 聞こえない (kikoenai) (alt: きこえない) (Japanese), inaudibilis (Latin), нечуен (nečuen) (Macedonian), neuchlastynagh (Manx), neuchluinagh (Manx), uhørlig (Norwegian Bokmål), uhøyrleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), niesłyszalny (Polish), inaudível (Portuguese), neauzibil (Romanian), inauzibil (Romanian), неслы́шный (neslýšnyj) (Russian), inaudible (Spanish), ohörbar (Swedish), нечу́тний (nečútnyj) (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "shizuka na",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "静かな"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きこえない",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kikoenai",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "聞こえない"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "inaudibilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nečuen",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "нечуен"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "neuchlastynagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "neuchluinagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "uhørlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "uhøyrleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "niesłyszalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "inaudível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "neauzibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "inauzibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neslýšnyj",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "неслы́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "inaudible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "ohörbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nečútnyj",
      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "нечу́тний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inaudible"
}

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